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The American classic - now a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan

Lewis Barnavelt doesn't have time on his side...

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 neighbour, Mrs Zimmermann, are both witches! Lewis couldn't be happier. What's not to like about seeing his uncle practise spells and eating Mrs Zimmermann's delicious cookies?

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 evil Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls - a clock that could obliterate humankind.

As the clock can be heard ticking away in the house all the time, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, it is up to the Barnavelts to find where it is hidden in the walls - and stop it. A true race against time...

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9 - 12 years
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196 pages
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English
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Piccadilly Press
Publication date

6 Sept. 2018
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Is there no end to the suspense John Bellairs can create? ("School Library Journal," starred review) Thereas suspense and action aplenty. . . . Perfect for the pre-Stephen King set. ("Booklist") Brace yourself for a wild ride. ("Kirkus Reviews") --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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John Anthony Bellairs (1938?1991) is an award-winning American author, perhaps best known for his fantasy novel The Face in the Frost. He is also the 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 Award and the American Library Association Children's Books of International Interest Award), The Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb (which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award), and The Specter from the Magician’s Museum (which won the New York Public Library "Best Books for the Teen Age" Award.

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The American classic - soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan. Lewis Barnavelt doesn't have time on his side... 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 neighbour, Mrs Zimmermann, are both witches! Lewis couldn't be happier. What's not to like about seeing his uncle practise spells and eating Mrs Zimmermann's famous cookies? 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 evil Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls - a clock that could obliterate humankind. As the clock can be heard ticking away in the house all the time, sometimes louder, sometimes quieter, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, it is up to the Barnavelts to find where it is hidden in the walls - and stop it. A true race against time... --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The American classic - soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black and Kyle MacLachlan --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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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 The Specter from the Magician's Museum, which won the New York Public Library 'Best Books for the Teen Age' Award. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CPXKG5P
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Piccadilly Press (6 Sept. 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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J G Barber

This is not the original version of the book - don't buy it!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2018

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I decided to buy this book after reading the section available on 'look inside' - it was well written and witty and had the original illustrations by Edward Gorey. However the book that I received had been bowdlerised and was no longer the version written by John Bellairs! The witty sections had been rewritten to take out the humour (presumably because it contained religious references) and references to prayers had also been removed. The book has been turned into a bland, Disneyfied, badly written compromise. Even worse, the famous illustrations by Edward Gorey have been replaced by derivative modern designs. It is disgraceful to change a classic book in this way and it is very misleading to market the book on the basis of the original text and illustrations that do not exist in the version that you actually receive!

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Madeline Tansey Bryson

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2018

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I bought this book after seeing the trailers for the film. Which made it look like it would be an interesting read. I cannot really tell you what I didn't like about it, I just kept getting annoyed. I haven't as yet read any other reviews, I am interested in what other people have to say. It's jumpy, things appear where they shouldn't.

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Zulu Warrior

Film Was Far Better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2019

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Lewis Barnavelt 10yrs was heading to live with his Uncle Jonathan after his parents are killed in a road accident, they arrive at a three storey mansion full of clocks, Florence Zimmerman, Jonathans next door nieghbour was waiting to greet him, Lewis became aware that his Uncle was wandering the house at night looking for a clock hidden within its walls, Lewis finds out his Uncle is a Warlock and agrees to train Lewis

Lewis finds it hard to fit in and make friends at school, he tries to befriend a popular boy by saying he could perform magic and invites him to the house, everything goes wrong for Lewis after he uses a book to raise the dead,

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A mystery romp

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2019

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In the grand tradition of teen mysteries comes The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Weird title, I grant you but it is a bit like Ronseal. It does with it says on the tin.

The story is about a young, orphaned boy (isn’t it always?) who goes to live with his mad-cap uncle to live in his house which is full of mysteries. A relevant amount of chaos ensues and our young hero, Lewis Barnavelt becomes embroiled in solving the mystery.

It is all fun and games, this book and it would be a perfect gift for a middle grade reader.

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worst kids book ever.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2018

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Thought I would read the book" The house with the clock in the wall" before I watched the film.
The book is very shallow, predictable not at all magical in any way.
Do yourself a favour and grab any of the Harry potter Books and dont waste your time.

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cecelia

Not as expected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2018

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I bought this because it was listed as a graphic novel. I checked the listing several times as it was cheap for a graphic novel. And of course when it arrived it was just a normal print book. My daughter still read it and said it was ok.

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Trish

Loved it's simplicity

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2018

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Sometimes it's nice to read a book that doesn't involve using your brain to understand what's going on. I just loved the easy, light reading of this book, so much so that i've downloaded another one from this author and am enjoying the simplicity in it's reading too.

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Aimed at 10 years +

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2018

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I bought this book to read before watching the film. It’s really aimed at a younger reader.

The characters were not very well developed and the story seemed to jump around a lot. There wasn’t much by the way of magic in it at all. Overall it was quite disappointing.

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