The House with a Clock in Its Walls - Couverture souple

Bellairs, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0142402575 ISBN 13 : 9780142402573

Editeur : Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004

Synopsis

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. 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, watchng 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!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Bellairs (1938-1991) was the critically acclaimed, best-selling author of many Gothic novels for middle-graders, including the novels starring Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0142402575
• ISBN 13: 9780142402573
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Gorey Edward
• Nombre de pages: 192
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