About the Book: House With A Clock In Its Walls
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 witches. 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 Serenna
Izard. It seems that Serenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls a
clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it....
About the Author: John Bellairs
John Anthony Bellairs