MysteryChildren's
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
1973·179 pages
An orphaned boy moves in with his magician uncle and discovers a doomsday clock hidden in their mysterious mansion’s walls.
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An orphaned boy moves in with his magician uncle and discovers a doomsday clock hidden in their mysterious mansion’s walls.
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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 humanki...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Scary supernatural confrontations; off-page parental death; mild peril
Profanity
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No strong language present
Substance use
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Uncle smokes, drinks, and plays poker; brief social use
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Magic central to plot; warlock uncle, witch neighbor, spellcasting
Occult / demonology
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Necromantic resurrection; doomsday clock; gothic occult atmosphere
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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No abuse depicted; protagonist is orphaned before the story
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