John Bellairs Livres

La nouvelle série de John Bellairs, le créateur de " Kévin et les magiciens ". Agé de douze ans, Johnny Dixon est un garçon rêveur et solitaire qui vit avec ses grands-parents. Son seul ami est son voisin, le professeur Childermass, un vieil érudit qu'il va entraîner dans d'incroyables aventures. Certains prétendent que le fantôme du père Bart hante toujours l'église de la ville, et Johnny est un adolescent curieux. En explorant les lieux, il découvre dans le sous-sol de l'église un vieux manuscrit ci une statuette apparemment banale... qui va faire revivre la malédiction d'anciens 4 dieux d'Égypte. Puis il rencontre un inconnu qui lui donne d'étranges conseils et lui offre une bague magique dotée de mystérieux pouvoirs. C'est le début d'extraordinaires péripéties qui vont inspirer à Johnny l'une des plus grandes frayeurs de sa vie...

Le passé est loin d'être toujours rose... Le professeur Childermass a fait une découverte étonnante. Derrière un mur de sa cave, il y a un vieux tramway bringuebalant... qui peut voyager dans le temps ! Bientôt, Johnny Dixon, son ami Fergie et le professeur se retrouvent à Constantinople en 1453, au beau milieu d'une guerre entre Turcs et Byzantins. Là, ils vont affronter toutes sortes de dangers et croiser de bien étranges chevaliers appartenant à un ordre mystérieux... Qui plus est, le professeur s'est mis en tête un projet insensé qui vise à changer le cours de l'Histoire, mais il risque fort d'y laisser la vie ! Johnny et Fergie pourront-ils lui venir en aide avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ? A partir de 10 ans.

Includes "The Curse of the Blue Figurine", "The Mummy, The Will, and The Crypt" and "the Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull"

When Anthony Monday stumbles upon the diary of J.K. Borkman, he thinks he's unearthed a worthless piece of junk. But Borkman's mysterious writings turn out to be much more--plans to turn the world into an icy wasteland. By the time ghastly weather sets in and Anthony realizes it's Borkman's fanatical son who is bent on carrying out his father's horrific work, it may be too late to stop him.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls; The Figure in the Shadows and The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring are three magically eerie tales gathered in this one-volume edition. The series opens as Lewis Barnavelt, a newly orphaned ten-year-old, comes to live with his Uncle Johnathan. Little does Lewis know that Uncle Johnathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmerman are witches. Lewis finds that he himself owns magical powers, and soon is thrust in a supernatural battle between good and evil. The second tale focuses on Grampa Barnavelt's old coin. Lewis thinks the coin is an amulet, but when he starts to wear it around his neck, bizarre things start to happen - and not all of them good. The last tale shifts the focus to thirteen-year-old Rose Rita, who is embittered because she cannot go to camp like Lewis. so Mrs. Zimmerman offers Rita an adventure of her own. But when a magical ring disappears, Rita gets more of an adventure than she bargained for. John Bellair's vivid characterization and and excruciatingly suspenseful plots make this series a thrilling ride!

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 neighbour Mrs Zimmermann. But Lewis's hopes for a peaceful summer holiday are shattered as one accident after another plagues him.

JOhnny Dixon doesn't believe that the ghost of mad Father Baart haunts the town church. But then he takes an old scroll and a seemingly harmless figurine from the church basement, accepts a magic ring from a mysterious stranger--and is plunged into a terrifying adventure that may cost him his life.

When Lewis, his uncle Jonathan, and their friends Rose Rita and Mrs Zimmermann take a trip to a small town near Lake Superior, they expect a pleasant holiday. Instead, they find themselves facing the ghastly Ishmael Izard, son of the fiendish creator of the Doomsday clock that was once hidden in the walls of Uncle Jonathan's house.

Lewis and Rose Rita have to participate in their school's talent contest, whether they like it or not. After Rose Rita cuts her finger on an enchanted Egyptian scroll, she awakens the corpse of Belle Frisson, the scroll's previous owner, who captures Rose Rita and wants to use her body to live forever.

For months Johnny Dixon has been working on the riddle that would reveal the hiding place of wealthy Mr. Glomus's will. A $10,000 reward is waiting for whoever finds the missing document -- money that Johnny can surely use. Johnny feels certain that the riddles answer lies somewhere in the dead man’s house. Even though Professor Roderick Childermass, Johnny's neighbor and friend, warns him to stay away, Johnny enters the deserted mansion one night and creeps toward the dark crypt holding the body of H. Bagwell Glomus. Suddenly a bolt of lightning flashes and Johnny sees that he is not alone. Something not quite HUMAN is almost upon him!