In the world of young adult suspense, few authors have the magic touch of John Bellairs. Together, along with a new pal from Boy Scout camp named Fergie, they intend to crack the puzzle-but before they can claim their prize, they must defeat an ancient evil force: a living mummy intent on destroying them.įrom the award-winning author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, the Johnny Dixon stories are a refreshingly old-fashioned series of adventure and supernatural mystery. Glomus’s story-except the location of the will. Yet, no one has looked as hard as Johnny Dixon.Ī precocious young boy who’s happier reading old books than playing outside, Johnny has a best friend in the eccentric old Professor Childermass, who knows every detail of Mr. Legend has it that his last will and testament is hidden somewhere in his office, but so far, no one has been able to find it and claim the ten thousand dollar reward. In 1936, he took his own life and his will was never found. Glomus was the wealthiest man in the little town of Gildersleeve, Massachusetts. In the 1920s, his Oaty Crisps were the most popular breakfast in the United States, and Mr. Johnny Dixon is a fictional American boy featured in a series of twelve childrens gothic horror novels, 1983 to 1999, written by John Bellairs or his successor Brad Strickland.In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world. Bagwell Glomus built an empire out of cereal. A clever young man and an eccentric professor search for a missing fortune in this spooky adventure full of “marvelous surprises” Publishers Weekly
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