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The Doom of the Haunted Opera by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs (1995, Reinforced Hardcover) 
The Doom of the Haunted Opera by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs (1995, Reinforced Hardcover)

 
The Doom of the Haunted Opera by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs (1995, Reinforced Hardcover)

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0803714653
ISBN-13: 9780803714656
Product ID: EPID293556
Description: Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.
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Synopsis
Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world by bringing back the dead.

Details
Publication Date:1995-09-01

Size
Length:153 pages
Height:8.5 in
Width:5.8 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:12.8 oz

Publisher's Note
While exploring an abandoned theater, Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger find an unpublished opera score, only to discover that a performance of the opera will awaken the dead to help the composer's grandson enslave the world.

Industry Reviews
Gr 5-8 A delightful, spooky mystery starring Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger, heroes of several earlier novels. A school assignment leads these 1950s teens to an abandoned theater in the heart of their hometown, New Zebedee, where Lewis finds sheet music inside an old piano and a ghost, who warns him, ``Beware the doom of the haunted opera!'' The whole town gets involved in staging the opera, and a stranger shows up to watch the action. Henry Vanderhelm claims to be the composer's grandson, but when New Zebedee is suddenly cut off from the outside world, a horrid suspicion dawns on Lewis. Vanderhelm is the composer himself and the opera is really an elaborate spell designed to make him King of the Dead and enable him to take over the world. Lewis and Rose Rita are bright and likable protagonists. Other characters are equally well drawn, especially the evil Vanderhelm and the mistake-prone would-be magician, Mrs. Jaeger, a neighbor who helps the young people. The action moves quickly; tension escalates nicely, and Lewis gets a boost of confidence from a surprising source when things look bleakest. A great addition to the mystery shelf. Mary Jo Drungil, Niles Public Library District, IL
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