The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Lewis Barnavelt, #1)

by John Bellairs

Most people do not like to be proven wrong, even when they enjoy themselves in the process.

At dinner that night, Lewis did not say much. This was odd because he usually talked his head off about everything under the sun, especially those things he didn’t know anything about.

Same, Lewis. Same.

You can’t prepare for all the disasters that might occur in this frightening world of ours.