The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs Lewis Barnavelt is a chubby middle schooler whose parents recently died in a car accident. He has just arrived in a new town at the house (mansion, actually) of an uncle he hardly knows. Uncle Jonathan is eccentric, as is his neighbor and best […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
The Figure In The Shadows by John Bellairs Lewis Barnavelt, 11 years old and recently orphaned, has been settling in at his uncle’s house. It’s 1949, about a year since we saw him last (in The House With a Clock in Its Walls) and he has made a new friend – a tomboy named Rose […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (1976) is the third novel in John Bellairs’ LEWIS BARNAVELT series for kids. Each is a stand-alone horror mystery. It’s not necessary to read them in order but it’d be ideal, if you can, to start with the […]
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The Ghost in the Mirror by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland I may not be the best person to review John Bellairs’ The Ghost in the Mirror (1993), since it is clearly one book of many in a series, and I’ve only just arrived. When I picked up my copy from the library, I had […]
Read MoreRebecca Fisher and Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Children | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland Thanks to author Brad Strickland, who picked up John Bellairs’ children’s series after Bellairs’ death, the LEWIS BARNAVELT adventures continue with the fifth installment, The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (1993). Surprisingly, I can detect no difference between the writing styles of the two authors. […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Doom of the Haunted Opera by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland The Doom of the Haunted Opera (1995), the sixth book in John Bellairs’ and Brad Strickland’s LEWIS BARNAVELT series for middle grade readers, has best friends Lewis and Rose Rita back together again after having separate adventures in the previous two novels, The […]
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The Specter from the Magician’s Museum by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland The Specter from the Magician’s Museum (1998) is the seventh novel in the LEWIS BARNAVELT horror series for middle graders. The first novel, The House with a Clock in its Walls, was written by John Bellairs and published in 1973. There was a […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Beast Under the Wizard’s Bridge by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland The Beast Under the Wizard’s Bridge (2000) is the eighth novel in the LEWIS BARNAVELT series for middle graders which was started by John Bellairs in 1973 and finished up by Brad Strickland after Bellairs’ death in 1991. I’m listening, with my daughter, […]
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The Tower at the End of the World by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland In The Tower at the End of the World (2001), the ninth novel in John Bellairs & Brad Strickland’s LEWIS BARNAVELT series, Strickland once again pays tribute to the late Bellairs by returning to, and expanding the plot of the first […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland In the tenth installment in John Bellairs & Brad Strickland’s LEWIS BARNAVELT series, Lewis is camping with his fellow Scouts (who are bullying him, of course) when he finds an old whistle near a grave and puts it in his pocket. The […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The House Where Nobody Lived by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland The House Where Nobody Lived is the eleventh (and penultimate) novel in John Bellairs & Brad Strickland’s LEWIS BARNAVELT series. These are stand-alone horror mysteries for kids. I’ve been listening to Recorded Books’ audio versions with my daughter. We love George Guidall’s performance. This […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer by John Bellairs & Brad Strickland The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer appears to be the final book in the LEWIS BARNAVELT series of horror novels for middle graders. The series was started in 1973 by John Bellairs but most of the novels were actually written by Brad Strickland […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Brad Strickland, John Bellairs | Audio, Children, Horror | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Johnny Dixon — (1983-1994) Ages 9-12. Publisher: A mysterious stranger gives Johnny Dixon a magical ring that plunges him into a terrifying adventure during which he must outwit the ghost of the mad Father Baart. This series was started by John Bellairs and finished by Brad Strickland.
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