The House With a Clock in Its Walls
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Publisher Description
The American classic - now a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan
Lewis Barnavelt doesn't have time on his side...
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 neighbour, Mrs Zimmermann, are both witches! Lewis couldn't be happier. What's not to like about seeing his uncle practise spells and eating Mrs Zimmermann's delicious cookies?
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 evil Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls - a clock that could obliterate humankind.
As the clock can be heard ticking away in the house all the time, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, it is up to the Barnavelts to find where it is hidden in the walls - and stop it. A true race against time...
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
John Bellairs’ 1973 cult classic belongs on the list of playful kids’ novels that only get better as you grow up; it ranks up there with gems like The Phantom Tollbooth and the Lemony Snicket books. It’s the spookily fun story of misfit orphan Lewis, who learns that his uncle Jonathan is a wizard living in a home cursed by practitioners of dark magic. When Lewis accidentally releases a dangerous sorceress’ soul, he’s forced to square off against the demons himself. Fast-paced and crisply plotted, The House with a Clock in Its Walls—adapted into a movie with Cate Blanchett and Jack Black—is a blast to read and re-read.
