John Bellairs
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Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 1
Language
English
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John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!...
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 4
Language
English
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Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard.
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Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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A boy detective is on the hunt for buried treasure in this young adult mystery from the beloved author of The House with a Clock in its Walls.
Anthony Monday doesn’t have many friends, and his home life is a wreck. But he does have Miss Eells, the librarian at the Hoosac Public Library, and he has an adventure waiting for him right around the corner.
When Miss Eells gives Anthony a job at the library, he thinks he’ll...
Anthony Monday doesn’t have many friends, and his home life is a wreck. But he does have Miss Eells, the librarian at the Hoosac Public Library, and he has an adventure waiting for him right around the corner.
When Miss Eells gives Anthony a job at the library, he thinks he’ll...
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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A fantasy classic by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls—basis for the Jack Black movie—and “a writer who knows what wizardry is all about” (Ursula K. Le Guin).
A richly imaginative story of wizards stymied by a power beyond their control, A Face in the Frost combines the thrills of a horror novel with the inventiveness of fairy tale–inspired fantasy.
Prospero,...
A richly imaginative story of wizards stymied by a power beyond their control, A Face in the Frost combines the thrills of a horror novel with the inventiveness of fairy tale–inspired fantasy.
Prospero,...
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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A rich, magical gothic mystery from the legendary John Bellairs
Rose Rita wishes she could go to camp like her bets friend, Lewis. She's sure that boys get to have all the fun.—until Mrs. Zimmermann offers her an adveture of her own. Mrs. Zimmermann's cousin Oley has left her his farm, as well as a ring that he thinks is magic. But when the two arrive at the deserted farm, the ring has mysteriously vanished. What power does it have? And...
Rose Rita wishes she could go to camp like her bets friend, Lewis. She's sure that boys get to have all the fun.—until Mrs. Zimmermann offers her an adveture of her own. Mrs. Zimmermann's cousin Oley has left her his farm, as well as a ring that he thinks is magic. But when the two arrive at the deserted farm, the ring has mysteriously vanished. What power does it have? And...
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Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 7
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Based on John Bellairs' mystery-adventure series, this thrilling story will keep you on the edge of your seat!
John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. And this installment by Brad Strickland...
John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. And this installment by Brad Strickland...
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 6
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.
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Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
168 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass look for the hidden will left by an eccentric cereal tycoon who wished to make life difficult for his heirs after his own death by suicide.
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Physical Desc
155 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Johnny Dixon, Fergie and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the Professor's brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 2
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
155 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A painfully overweight sixth-grade boy receives a magic amulet which brings him luck, but also terrifying side effects.
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 5
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1951, while visiting a distant cousin in the English countryside, thirteen-year-old Lewis Barnavelt accidentally unleashes demonic forces and summons the ghost of an evil wizard bent on killing the Barnavelt family.