![]() The Johnny Dixon series, from the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, is full of fun, adventure, and supernatural chills, along with "believable and likable characters" who are a delight to spend time with ( The New York Times). With the help of his old friend Professor Childermass, Johnny will defeat the smirking ghoul-or never see his father again. Johnny tries to forget what he saw, but when he and his father return to Duston Heights, his dad falls into a coma, and Johnny is certain that the ghost is to blame. Inside the seer's crystal ball, he sees a grinning ghost who cackles out a fearsome message: "The universe shall be mine " ![]() They're on their way back to Duston Heights, Massachusetts, where Johnny lives with his grandparents, when a visit to a fortune-teller puts a terrible fright into Johnny. Johnny hardly ever sees his father, who trains Air Force pilots in Colorado, and their annual Florida fishing trip is the highlight of his year. ![]() The sea is calm, the air is fresh, and the bobbing boat feels like a living creature underneath Johnny Dixon's feet. A young man fights to save his father from a spirit's curse in the epic finale to a series starring "a terrific hero" ( The New York Times) ![]()
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