If you go to stay with your uncle, you certainly don't expect to meet a magician or to live in a house that has a clock that ticks and tocks in every wall of the house. That's exactly what Lewis Barnavelt finds when he comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan. Apparently the previous owner was an evil wizard who put a sort of ticking time bomb in the form of a clock in the house. Lewis is frantic to find the clock and along the way he manages to awaken the dead. John Bellairs has written many, many wonderful books that are perfect for fifth graders who enjoy a good mystery story. Ages 10-13
This is only one of so many wonderful John Bellairs mysteries.
