LovedHouse with a Clock in Its Walls, another one of my very favorite books of all time.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973)
Creators: Liked 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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LovedAnd I'd pick out all the books, the John Bellairs books like The House with a Clock in Its Walls and The Blue Figurine and stuff. Couple years ago I reread or I listened to them on audible.
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Likedthe house with the clock and its walls yeah I mean it's it's a pretty good one I liked it
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John BellairsChubby Lewis, the timid but dauntless hero of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, returns in an even scarier tale of magic and mystery. Investigating the contents of Grandfather Barnavelt's ancient trunk, Lewis and Uncle Jonathan discover an old coin. Lewis hopes it's an amulet whose magic will protect him from bullies. Together with his new friend Rosa Rita, he performs a test to find the coin's power--but neither Lewis nor Rosa Rita is prepared for the astonishing and sinister events that follow.
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