Author : John Bellairs
Publisher : Piccadilly Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781848128200
The sixth book in the famous Lewis Barnavelt series
Author : Brad Strickland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101659688
Two kids find a haunted opera score capable of raising the dead! When Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger explore an abandoned theater, they discover an unpublished opera score entitled “The Day of Doom”. Ignoring a strange omen, they show it to their music teacher, who heralds “The Day of Doom” as a masterpiece. Little do they know that the eerie Henry Vanderhelm, the composer's grandson, arrives-with a plan…A plan to awaken the dead and enslave the world! Books by John Bellairs: The Doom of the Haunted Opera The Figure In the Shadows The Ghost in the Mirror The House With a Clock In Its Walls The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring The Mansion in the Mist The Specter From the Magician's Museum The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder
Author : Irene Vartanoff
Publisher : Irene Vartanoff
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0996840389
He's her brother's best friend. He thinks she's a stalker. There's a ghost involved. Kathleen Grant, a newcomer to the opera world, falls hard for hot tenor JC Vasquez, her brother's best pal. But things get very awkward when a ghost repeatedly forces her to interfere with JC's performances in the opera Don Carlo. Only JC can see her ghostly transformations, and he thinks she's deliberately stalking him. They soon become romantically entangled despite JC's hostility, but Kathleen can't stop the compulsions pushing her on stage. Now she's in danger of being fired from her job at the major New York City opera house. How can she prove to JC that the ghost is controlling her actions? And what does the ghost want?
Author : John Bellairs
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 23,71 MB
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101659718
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 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!
Author : John Bellairs
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101659734
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 will the person who took it use the ring to do evil?
Author : Don D'Ammassa
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 2061 pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 1438140630
Presents articles on the horror and fantasy genres of fiction, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.
Author : John Bellairs
Publisher : Piccadilly Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Barnavelt, Lewis (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 9781848128224
First published in the USA by Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Author : Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 159884847X
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Author : John Bellairs
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 11,80 MB
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 184812905X
A camping trip with his Scout troop leads Lewis straight to a strange, old grave and a mysterious, magical silver whistle. When Lewis discovers that this whistle has the power to stop the boys in his Scout troop bullying him, he is overcome with relief - finally he can enjoy being part of the Scouts. What Lewis doesn't know is that the whistle also has a more sinister power: it summons a powerful vampire! Lewis is drawn into battle with this ancient evil, and with the help of Rose Rita, Unlce Jonathan and Mrs Zimmermann, he must save his own life and the lives of those he loves. Is Lewis strong enough to destroy the potent spirit? For fans of Goosebumps.
Author : Brad Strickland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1440641374
Lewis's hopes for a peaceful summer vacation are shattered as one accident after another plagues him. Is all his bad luck really just a coincidence? Or does it have something to do with the mysterious hooded figure he keeps seeing?
