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A review by calistareads
The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull by John Bellairs
5.0
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 a clock with a room inside it that is made by Childermass's father. A skull falls out of it and Johnny takes it home. Then Prof. Childermass disappears and no one knows what happened.
Johnny gets the help of a catholic priest to help him find the professor and figure out the clues as to what's going on. this is a fun book with gothic dark tones to it. It never is too scary for middle grade and it still gets the job done with a nice conclusion.
Another thing I like about these books for middle grade is they are under 200 pages and you can read them quickly and get a good story. Most middle grade books are now 300 pages and I like those too, but it's nice to have a quick book that does a superb job.
Better than my memory.
Johnny and Prof. Childermass are staying at a hotel where there is a clock with a room inside it that is made by Childermass's father. A skull falls out of it and Johnny takes it home. Then Prof. Childermass disappears and no one knows what happened.
Johnny gets the help of a catholic priest to help him find the professor and figure out the clues as to what's going on. this is a fun book with gothic dark tones to it. It never is too scary for middle grade and it still gets the job done with a nice conclusion.
Another thing I like about these books for middle grade is they are under 200 pages and you can read them quickly and get a good story. Most middle grade books are now 300 pages and I like those too, but it's nice to have a quick book that does a superb job.
Better than my memory.