The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

Wow! this was a bold choice for John. This series is about Lewis Barnavelt and his uncle. Mrs. Zimmerman is a main player and Rose Rita was introduced as a somewhat secondary character. In this book in the series, Rose Rita takes center stage. She plays the protagonist. Lewis goes off to summer camp......more

if there's one typical thing that the resolutely atypical magical series by John Bellairs subscribes to, it is the cliché that outsiders band together. but of course it is more than a cliché, it is a reality, and it is something that helps the less-than-perfect kids of the world survive childhood wi......more

Seguimos con la tercera parte de Lewis Barnavelt y sus aventuras. El primer libro de esta saga es “El reloj de la casa en la pared”, una obra que me gustó mucho en su momento. En este caso nos encontramos con Rose Rita y la señora Zimmerman las cuales tiene que ir a buscar un anillo mágico en una gra......more

In 2016, I fell in love with “The House With A Clock In Its Walls”. Lewis and Jonathan were the same on film but Florence Zimmermann deceased from being elderly to middle-aged. Jonathan’s sister was under 50, if Lewis was 10. Jonathan and Florence should not be much older. John Bellairs composed wit......more

Ova knjiga mi je slučajno pala šaka. Mislim da bi deci od 12-13 godina bila ne samo zabavna, već i poučna. Pored osrednje avanture, postavlja pitanja važna za taj uzrast, kao što su pitanje identiteta, tela, izbora i slično. Dopada mi se što je sve suptilno provučeno kroz priču o Solomonovom prstenu......more