The House with a Clock in Its WallsJohn Bellairs

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Name: The House with a Clock in Its Walls
ISBN: 9780440437420

John Bellairs · 2000

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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! ---------- Also contained in: [Best of John Bellairs](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3338229W)

First sentence: Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.