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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Lewis Barnavelt (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Bellairs
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 22 September 2017
- Run Time
- 4 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A haunting gothic tale by master mystery writer John Bellairs—now a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!
"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."—The New York Times Book Review
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, watching 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!
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- Author
- John Bellairs
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Duration
- 4 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 September 2017
- ISBN
- 9781501974519
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Synopsis
A haunting gothic tale by master mystery writer John Bellairs—now a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black! "The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."—The New York Times Book Review 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, watching 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!
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