The House With A Clock In Its Walls Goodreads

A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer john bellairs soon to be a major motion picture starring cate blanchett and jack black.

The house with a clock in its walls goodreads.

The house with a clock in its walls. Comes to stay with his uncle jonathan he expects to meet an ordinary person. The film follows a young boy lewis who is sent to live with his uncle jonathan in a creaky old house. He died before he could finish the clock but he hid the clock in his house where uncle jonathan now lives.

He is best known for the children s classic the house with a clock in its walls 1973 and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel the face in the frost 1969. John bellairs 1938 1991 was an award winning american author of many gothic mystery novels for children and young adults including the house with a clock in its walls which received both the new york times outstanding book of the year award and the american library association children s books of international interest award the lamp from the warlock s tomb which won the edgar award and. John bellairs 1938 1991 was an american novelist working primarily in the gothic genre. The figure in the shadows and the letter the witch and the ring are three magically eerie tales gathered in this one volume edition.

The series opens as lewis barnavelt a newly orphaned ten year old comes to live with his uncle johnathan. What bewilders the three of them is that darn disturbing clock that seems to echo all throughout the house with a menacing purpose a device to redeem time. Somewhere in the walls of the house he had hidden a clock. 0142402575 paperback published in 2004 kindle edition published in 2004 0451481283 paperback pub.

The house with a clock in its walls is an eerie children s book filled with magical and haunting moments. Every night lewis and uncle jonathan could hear it ticking sometimes loud sometimes soft marking off the minutes until doomsday. It was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by john bellairs which was the first in a series of 12 books. Bellairs held a bachelor s degree from notre dame university and a master s in english from the university of chicago.

Little does lewis know that uncle johnathan and his next door neighbor mrs. He is best known for the children s classic the house with a clock in its walls 1973 and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel the face in the frost 1969. It s good enough for a halloween read. Lewis learns of isaac izard an evil wizard who constructed a magical clock with black magic as long as it exists it will keep ticking counting down to doomsday.

Editions for the house with a clock in its walls. But this power is not limited to good people. 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.