TY - BOOK AU - Bellairs,John AU - Gorey,Edward TI - The House With a Clock in its Walls SN - 0440437423 U1 - F BEL PY - 1978///, c1973 CY - New York PB - Yearling KW - Magic KW - Fiction KW - Wizards KW - Haunted houses KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Horror KW - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Paranormal N1 - RL: 5.4 ; 008-012 N2 - 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 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! ER -