by John Bellairs · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140349320
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«The Secret of the Underground Room» is the young adult mystery and horror novel by John Bellairs, published by Puffin in paperback (144 pages, in English).
When Father Higgins disappears after claiming that a ghost is trying to contact him, Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass follow some unsettling clues that lead them to England. There they discover that the priest has fallen under the influence of Masterman, the spirit of a knight dead for centuries who threatens to dominate the world.
Eighth installment in the Johnny Dixon series; the first edition is from 1990 and this Puffin paperback edition, from 1992.
Recommended for young readers aged 10 and up, with mystery, ghosts and an unsettling supernatural atmosphere.
John Anthony Bellairs was an American author best known for his fantasy novel The Face in the Frost and many Gothic mystery novels for children featuring the characters Lewis Barnavelt, Rose Rita Pottinger, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Most of his books were illustrated by Edward Gorey. At the time of his death, Bellairs' books had sold a quarter-million copies in hard cover and more than a million and a half copies in paperback.
