The house with a clock in its walls

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John Bellairs: The house with a clock in its walls (1974, Dell)

179 pages

English language

Published May 15, 1974 by Dell.

OCLC Number:
18806670

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A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

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I read this thanks to the movie adaptation with Jack Black and a convenient daily deal at Audible. It was an interesting change of pace because it doesn’t fit the norms and tropes of modern young adult books. The main character isn’t super-capable or the chosen one – he’s just a normal kid caught up in supernatural weirdness who makes the occasional disastrous mistake. Apparently it’s the first in a series of a dozen or so books, so I might have to pick up the next volume sometime soon.

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Subjects

  • Magic
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Clocks and watches