The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt #1)
John Bellairs
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
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· 36 ratings · 183 pages · Published: 26 Mar 1973
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!
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