The Spell of the Sorcerers Skull, John Bellairs
The Spell of the Sorcerers Skull, John Bellairs
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The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull

Author: John Bellairs

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 3 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/28/2022

Synopsis

A bookish boy searches for his missing best friend in this spooky tale by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls.On a country lane in snowbound 1950s New Hampshire, a car goes skidding off the road. Professor Childermass and Johnny Dixon escape unscathed, but their car is stuck, and they are forced to walk into town. Johnny doesn’t mind. A curious young man, he has fun anytime the professor takes him out, because he’s treated like an adult. Together they’ve gotten into all sorts of supernatural scrapes, and this winter night they’ll face their toughest challenge yet.When Childermass suddenly vanishes, Johnny is the only one who can find him. The mystery is linked to a tiny skull taken from a child’s dollhouse, which seems to have powers too terrible to guess at. With the help of a crusty old Irish priest, Johnny chases the clues to his friend’s disappearance all the way to the rocky coast of Maine, where something evil hungers for revenge.The Johnny Dixon novels are charmingly old-school and shot through with suspense, and The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull may be the most chilling of them all.

About John Bellairs

John Bellairs (1938–1991) was beloved as a master of Gothic young adult and fantasy novels. His stand-alone novel The Face in the Frost is regarded as a fantasy classic. He published more than twenty novels in the Anthony Monday, Johnny Dixon, and Lewis Barnavelt series.

About Johnny Heller

Johnny Heller is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has recorded hundreds of titles. A multiple Earphones and Audie Award winner, he was named a 2008 and 2009 Listen Up winner by Publishers Weekly and a Best Voice of 2008 and 2009—as well as one of the top fifty voices of the 20th Century—by AudioFile. A veteran stage, television, and commercial actor, he is also a stand-up comic, author, and playwright.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ✦BookishlyRichie✦ on February 07, 2017

5 STARS!! Re-read for #JohnBellairsMonth!! This is one of my favorites from John's books, scary, fantastical, and thrilling as hell. If you still haven't picked up a John Bellairs book, do-it-now!!! His books are scary, thrilling, full of mystery, and will have you not wanting to put them down. :)......more

Goodreads review by Calista on January 06, 2018

This was my favorite of the Johnny Dixon Series so far. I love John Bellairs clear dialogue and quirky characters. I also like the setting of New England. John explores all over the area and I want to visit some of those islands now. Johnny and Prof. Childermass are staying at a hotel where there is......more

Goodreads review by Dave on July 20, 2019

I'm severely nostalgic about John Bellairs, discovering Bellairs and wanting to read as many of his books as possible is what turned me from a kid that read occasionally to someone that, to this day, reads daily. This one gets 5 stars for being one of my childhood favorites and because it still manag......more

Goodreads review by Becky on July 26, 2009

The bar exam is causing my brain to regress to second-grade level. I used to love John Bellairs' scary books when I was a kid, and this one (discovered in a used bookstore for $2) comforted me through the unpleasantness of studying. There are many delights to be had in it, not least of which being t......more

Goodreads review by Tricia on March 03, 2017

I like that the characters in John Bellairs' books are a bit nerdy and unpopular. They like to read and eat cookies and relax at home. I like the evil wizards that cast spells of doom and murder and the ghosts they have become. Plus there is artwork by Edward Gorey!!......more

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