The Ghost in the Mirror : The House With a Clock in Its Walls

The fourth book in the famous Lewis Barnavelt series

Mrs Zimmermann is at a loss - she still hasn't regained her powers from her last encounter with dark magic, and Uncle Jonathan and Lewis have left for the summer to travel around Europe, leaving her and Rose Rita bored and lonely at home. That is until Mrs Zimmermann keeps on seeing visions and shadows that shows that her old magic teacher, Granny Wetherbee, is trying to contact her asking her for help.

Mrs Zimmermann and Rose Rita set off to Pennsylvania to solve the mystery and in doing so travel back in time. There, they find out the true reason for their time travel: Granny Wetherbee tells them that she has transported them back in time to save a good wizard, Grandpa Drexel, who is fated to die for a wrongdoing he didn't commit.

As they both try to change the past, evil lurks in the background - Mrs Zimmermann is struck by amnesia and they must face a local wizard with a grudge and an old score to settle. Will Mrs Zimmermann regain her memory and her powers? Will they be able to right a past wrong? Will they make it back alive to their own time?

About the Authors

John Bellairs (1938-1991) was an award-winning American author of many gothic mystery novels for children and young adults, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls, which received both the New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year Award and the American Library Association Children's Books of International Interest Award, The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, which won the Edgar Award and The Specter from the Magician's Museum, which won the New York Public Library 'Best Books for the Teen Age' Award.

Brad Strickland has written more than 75 published books including the Lewis Barnavelt and Johnny Dixon mystery series by John Bellairs after Mr. Bellair's death in 1991. He is also a professor of English at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville. He lives in Georgia with his wife, Barbara.