num_pages: 180
description: This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780142402573When 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!
language: English
title: The House with a Clock in Its Walls
titlecomplete: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt, #1)
characters: Jonathan Barnavelt, Lewis Barnavelt, Florence Zimmermann
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Audiobook, Fiction, Magic, Horror
ratings_count: 19298
places: New Zebedee, Michigan
series: Lewis Barnavelt
publisher: Puffin Books