The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer

Name: The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Brad Strickland
ISBN: 9781501982163

Author: Brad Strickland, John Bellairs

Series: Lewis Barnavelt #12

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/20/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

The twelfth and final book in the famous Lewis Barnavelt series. It is finally the summer holidays, and Lewis is looking forward to the break from school and spending time with his best friend Rose Rita, his Uncle Jonathan, and his neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann. But Lewis's hopes for a peaceful summer holiday are shattered as one accident after another plagues him. Is all his bad luck really just a coincidence? Or does it have something to do with the mysterious hooded figure he keeps seeing?

About Brad Strickland

Brad Strickland was born in New Holland, Georgia, in 1947 and has written over seventy-five books in the intervening years. He is also a professor of English at the University of Georgia in Gainsville, about six miles from where he was born. He and his wife, Barbara, have two grown children, both of whom have artistic careers of their own. Their nest is not empty, however, as they have three cats and two dogs, which is enough to keep them busy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo_Scho_Reads

Lewis Barnavelt has plans for a nice, quiet summer vacation. But things start going wrong; one after the other - and you know what they say about bad luck coming in threes? Is it something to do with the mysterious hooded figure he keeps seeing? It’s up to him, Rose Rita, uncle Jonathan and Mrs Zimm......more

Goodreads review by Cliff

I actually rather liked this book, but the fact that it is the last of the Lewis Barnavelt books detracts from that. While I feel that Brad Strickland did not intend this to be the final book in the series, it is nonetheless the end. As a consequence, I was looking for some sense of closure or at le......more

Goodreads review by Christiane

Not the best in the series but these are a guilty pleasure for me so I read them all anyway. The very best are the original books by John Bellairs (for example, The House With a Clock In Its Walls) but Brad Strickland does a good job duplicating the feel of these scary but ultimately safe (the actio......more

Goodreads review by Greg

The final Lewis Barnavelt novel doesn't build to as climactic a finish as the final Johnny Dixon did, but the run-of-the-mill supernatural adventure still has its charm, and provides a new window into the origins of Uncle Jonathan and his magic. There are a few effective and memorable moments here,......more