The House With A Clock In Its Walls Novel

The house with a clock in its walls will cast its spell for a long time the new york times book review.

The house with a clock in its walls novel.

I wish i had known of it after i was a child. 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 will cast its spell for a long time the new york times book review when lewis barnavelt an orphan. I would have been even more delighted with every nuance of mystery suspense and humour when its protagonist lewis barnavelt matched my age.

The house with a clock in its walls is a 1973 juvenile mystery fiction novel written by john bellairs and illustrated by edward gorey. But he is wrong. Uncle jonathan and his next door neighbor mrs. 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 more about john bellairs.

This book dwells on no sadness but our introduction to lewis is poignant. Comes to stay with his uncle jonathan he expects to meet an ordinary person. It is the first in the series of twelve novels featuring the fictional american boy lewis barnavelt see list of lewis barnavelt novels.