From the award-winning author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, the Johnny Dixon stories are a refreshingly old-fashioned series of adventure and supernatural mystery.
Together, along with a new pal from Boy Scout camp named Fergie, they intend to crack the puzzle-but before they can claim their prize, they must defeat an ancient evil force: a living mummy intent on destroying them. Glomus's story-except the location of the will. A precocious young boy who's happier reading old books than playing outside, Johnny has a best friend in the eccentric old Professor Childermass, who knows every detail of Mr. Yet, no one has looked as hard as Johnny Dixon. Legend has it that his last will and testament is hidden somewhere in his office, but so far, no one has been able to find it and claim the $10,000 reward. In 1936, he took his own life and his will was never found. Glomus was the wealthiest man in the little town of Gildersleeve, Massachusetts. In the 1920s, his Oaty Crisps were the most popular breakfast in the United States, and Mr. Bagwell Glomus built an empire out of cereal.
A clever young man and an eccentric professor search for a missing fortune, in this spooky adventure full of "marvelous surprises" ( Publishers Weekly ) H.
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