Los Casos de Lewis Barnavelt
3 primary works
Book 1
La casa con un reloj en sus paredes / The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
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!
Book 2
Lewis, el aprendiz de mago, está convencido de que la moneda de la suerte de su abuelo Barnavelt es en realidad un talismán mágico. Con su poder... ¡podría hacer todo lo que quisiera! Pero pronto empiezan a ocurrir cosas muy muy extrañas.
¿Ha despertado Lewis una fuerza que escapa de su control?
ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA classic fantasy/mystery from critically acclaimed novelist John Bellairs
Lewis thought the amulet would bring him good luck--instead, it brought nothing but evil.
Lewis is sure that Grandpa Barnavelt's 1859 lucky coin is really a magic talisman in disguise. With its power, he could do anything he wante--like get back at bully Woody Mingo. But as soon as he begins wearing the coin around his neck, strange things start to happen. Mysterious letters arrive in the dead of night. A strange, shadowy figure seems to be tracking him. And when Lewis finally gets his revenge on Woody, he feels as if someone else is inside his body, urging him to go even further. Has Lewis awakened a force beyond his control?
Book 3
La carta, la bruja y el anillo / The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
by John Bellairs
¿Podrán Rose y la señora Zimmerman resolver este nuevo misterio?
Las vacaciones de Rose pintan de lo más aburridas sin Lewis. Hasta que una misteriosa carta que habla de un anillo mágico llega a manos de la señora Zimmermann, y ocurre lo inesperado...
Y las dos se embarcan juntas en un terrorífico viaje para descubrir el paradero del anillo.
¿Podrán enfrentarse solas a los misterios ocultos que las esperan?
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Rose Rita embarks with Mrs. Zimmerman on a summer adventure that turns evil when they reach their destination--a farm the Mrs. Zimmerman inherited--and it seems to be deserted except for a magical destructive force. Reissue.