The House with a Clock in Its Walls

The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a fantasy novel by John Bellairs, where Lewis Barnavelt, a young orphan, moves to New Zebedee, Michigan, to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan.

The house they inhabit holds secrets, including a magical clock created by the sinister former owners, Isaac and Selena Izard, which threatens to bring about the apocalypse.

Lewis, along with his uncle and their neighbor Mrs. Zimmermann, must find and stop the clock to save the world.