The House With a Clock in Its Walls

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Summary: Strange book
Review: This book was good, but I read it really late at night. It scared the heck out of me. I think this book is not meant for any kid younger than 6th grade. All i can say is that it was very strange

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Summary: The House With a Clock In Its Walls
Review: This is a great book to read. The book is about a kid that's mom and dad died and he went to live with his uncle and weird things start to happen. Overall the House With a Clock In Its Walls is a great book because I like books that are different and strange. This book is a good magic book and if you like Harry Potter and other magic books you would like this one too. I say this book is one of the best books I have read all year and you should read it.

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Summary: Bellairs' best, and a must-read for Harry Potter fans
Review: This is the first and by far the best of Bellairs' juvenile [in the best sense of the word!] fantasy novels. The tone strikes a perfect balance between humor and creepiness, and the magical items and happenings are quite original. This book is a must-read for any Harry Potter fan. Unfortunately the quality of the books declines pretty steeply after this one -- Bellairs fell into a formulaic rut. Equally good is his only(?) adult novel, "The Face In The Frost", which has sadly been out of print for ages.

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Summary: Fantasy but not Fantastical
Review: This was a book on my school's reading list, and I picked it up. At the beginning it was kind of confusing, but at the end it was exciting and I couldn't put it down. I gave this book 4 stars because although it was a fantasy book (which I don't really like) it was not that way off base. It was a suspenseful, eventful book full of literary twists. I'd recommend this book for late elementary and beginning middle school kids.

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Summary: Not quite got the "dumbing down for kids" knack yet...
Review: This was about the fifth or sixth Bellairs book I read, and I was astonished how much better it was than his other entries. Although I like all of Bellairs books, in the three Lewis Barnavelt books he showed far more imagination and literary awareness then he ever did afterwards. The greatest of these three books is the first one; which includes nothing less than non-linear magic involving poker, a magical player piano that won't allow itself to be played and spouts radio commercials when it's bored, a magician that uses meteorology for a very devious purpose, a clock that will signal the end of the world, and much much more. This book is jam-packed with ideas and hence stands up even after many re-readings. The only book I've heard of that could outdo this was Bellair's original adult-fiction book "The Face In The Frost", but I wouldn't know since I've never read it.

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Summary: This takes me back
Review: This was my first Lewis book, and i devoured it... it scared me to pieces, and I couldn't put it down; i would reread it over and over, and it would never lose the magic that it had when i first opened it. Edward gorey's art gives it that extra creepiness. This will always take me back to my childhood.