The Mummy the Will and the Crypt Author:John Bellairs John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an upda... more »ted cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look!
From the back cover:
Johnny's adventure becomes a journey into terror.
For months, Johnny Dixon has been working on the riddle that would reveal the hiding place of wealthy Mr. Glomus's will. A $10,000 reward is waiting for whoever finds the missing document - money that Johnny can surely use.
Johnny feels certain that the riddle's answer lies somewhere in the dead man's house. Even through [sic] Professor Roderick Childermass, Johnny's neighbor and friend, warns him to stay away, Johnny enters the deserted mansion one night and creeps toward the dark crypt holding the body of H. Bagwell Glomus. Suddenly a bolt of lightning flashes and Johnny sees that he is not alone. Something not quite human is almost upon him!
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
"A worthy sequel to the excellent The Curse of the Blue Figurine. [Bellairs] has brought back the same marvelous characters (plus added some new ones) and pitted them against a new villain in a melancholy setting perfectly suited for chills and shivers, which come aplenty." - School Library Journal« less
ISBN-13: 9780553157017 ISBN-10: 0553157019 Edition:Reissue Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: