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An edition of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

printing (13)

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  • ★★★★ 4.31 ·
  • 16 Ratings
  • 163 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 31 Have read

Lewis had always wanted to live in a house like Uncle Jonathan's--full of marble fireplaces and secret passageways and dozens of unused, unexplored rooms. And living with Uncle Jonathan, a real wizard, was full of fun and surprises.

But while Uncle Jonathan practiced funny and comfortable white magic, the original owner of the old house, Isaac Izard, had been an evil sorcerer. He had devised a plan for bringing about the end of the world. Somewhere in the walls of the house he had hidden a clock. Every night Lewis and Uncle Jonathan could hear it ticking--sometimes loud, sometimes soft--marking off the minutes until doomsday.

Lewis knew they had to find the clock before it was too late. Then he decided to dabble in a little magic of his own, and their time almost ran out.

Cozy fireplaces, wacky magic, chocolate chip cookies, and terror are the ingredients John Bellairs has used to concoct this absorbing and original book. The suspense is heightened by Edward Gorey's delightfully spine-tingling illustrations.
--front flap

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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Pages
179

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Subjects
Fiction, Mystery, Gothic, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Magicians, clocks, Halloween
People
Isaac Izard, Lewis Barnavelt, Jonathan Barnavelt, Florence Zimmermann, Selenna Izard, Tarby Corrigan
Places
New Zebedee, Michigan
Times
1948

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Book Details

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New York

Edition Notes

Series
Lewis Barnavelt (1)
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1973

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.B413 Ho

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
179 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Number of pages
179

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21383760M
Internet Archive
housewithclockin00john
ISBN 10
0803738218
ISBN 13
9780803738218
LCCN
72007600
OCLC/WorldCat
63155356, 735100645, 533513
Hathi Trust
007542877
Google
al0kAQAAMAAJ
Library Thing
10037
Goodreads
60602650

Work Description

Lewis had always wanted to live in a house like Uncle Jonathan's -- full of marble fireplaces and secret passageways and dozens of unused, unexplored rooms. And living with Uncle Jonathan, a real wizard, was full of fun and surprises.

But while Uncle Jonathan practiced funny and comfortable white magic, the original owner of the old house, Isaac Izard, had been an evil sorcerer. He had devised a plan for bringing about the end of the world. Somewhere in the walls of the house he had hidden a clock. Every night Lewis and Uncle Jonathan could hear it ticking -- sometimes loud, sometimes soft -- marking off the minutes until doomsday.

Excerpts

Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.
added anonymously.

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