House With a Clock in Its Walls

John Bellairs

• 01 januari 2018
• 9781848127715

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Soon to be a major film starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black, this enduring American classic that initiates a twelve-part series follows orphan Lewis Barnavelt in his attempt to find a clock hidden in the walls of his uncle's house which is being used by magical forces to bring down humankind

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...