The House with a Clock in Its Walls
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs; illustrated by Edward Gorey
"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."--The New York Times Book Review. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watchng magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls--a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!
Interest Level: 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade
Book Type: chapter book
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