El libro en el que se basa la película La casa del reloj en la pared, con Cate Blanchett y Jack Black, producida por Steven Spielberg.
Después de la muerte de sus padres, Lewis debe irse a vivir a la mansión de su excéntrico tío Jonathan. Pronto descubre que su tío y su vecina, la señora Zimmermann, no solo son un poco extraños, sino que ambos son magos.
Pero ¿qué es ese inquietante tic-tac que resuena en la casa? ¿Qué peligros se esconden dentro de las paredes de la mansión?
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer John Bellairs--soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!
"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."-The New York Times Book Review
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, watchng magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Serenna Izard. It seems that Serenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls--a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!
