The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull
Edition: Bantam Skylark Edition
Series: Johnny Dixon (3)
Publisher: Bantam Skylark
Published: 1985-11
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780553155792
Copyright date: 1984
Subjects: General; Non-Classifiable; Children's 9-12; Juvenile Fiction
First sentence: "Phooey! Phooey on winter and snowy white snow and jingle bells and walking in winter wonderlands!"
Description: When Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass discover an old heirloom clock, the terror begins. The professor suddenly vanishes, and Johnny is left to solve the mystery--alone.

Inside the clock Johnny discovers a miniature room, a room exactly like the one in which a murder took place long ago. And from the inside the little room Johnny pockets a tiny skull with magical powers. But taking the skull is a terrible mistake--for dark demonic forces are unleashed the minute he picks it up.

Enlisting the aid of his friends Fergie and Father Higgins, Johnny embarks on a harrowing chase to a deserted island off the coast of Maine--where he must confront something more terrifying than his worst nightmares.
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