Book two in the bestselling HOUSE OF SECRETS series. Get ready for another action-packed adventure! Book two in the bestselling HOUSE OF SECRETS series. Get ready for another action-packed adventure! The Walker family’s adventures continue as they battle to save their family – and the world – from a dark power. Hang on tight for another roller-coaster ride! The second book in the major new House of Secrets series. It’s going to be epic. PRAISE FOR HOUSE OF SECRETS “A breakneck, jam-packed, roller coaster of an adventure’ –J. K. Rowling “an engrossing page-turner.” – The Guardian “House of Secrets…serves up everything an eight to twelve year old reader could possibly want from an adventure.” – Love Reading 4 Kids For over twenty-five years, Chris Columbus has written, directed and produced some of the most successful box-office hits, which have established him as a major force in contemporary Hollywood film-making. As a writer, he launched his career with the legendary films Gremlins and The Goonies. Columbus directed and produced the first two films in the blockbuster Harry Potter series and produced the third. More recently, Columbus has directed features such as the hit film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. As adirector, Columbus has been at the helm of such films as Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire. Ned Vizzini (1981-2013) began writing for the New York Press at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, he was asked to write a piece for the New York Times Magazine, and at nineteen, he published Teen Angst? Naaah…, his autobiography of his years at Stuyvesant High School. His debut teen novel, Be More Chill, was selected for the Today Show Book Club by Judy Blume. It's Kind of a Funny Story, a cult classic, was adapted into a 2010 film starring Zach Galifianakis and named one of the 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels by National Public Radio. The Other Normals, his third novel, was a Junior Library Guild selection. He was the co-author, with Chris Columbus, of the New York Times bestselling fantasy-adventure series House of Secrets. He wrote for the New Yorker and Salon. He also wrote for television, including MTV's hit show Teen Wolf. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages • 'A breakneck, jam-packed, roller coaster of an adventure’J. K. Rowling on House of Secrets • The thrilling sequel to House of Secrets! • House of Secrets was the hardback debut of 2013! • House of Secrets has now sold almost 20, 000 copies in PB (Bookscan, August 2014) • This is like a movie, but BETTER… a fantastic, funny and action-packed thrill-ride of a book. This time the Walker kids land in Ancient Rome and it just gets bettter from there! • Written by Chris Columbus the man behind Gremlins, The Goonies and Home Alone, the director behind Harry Potter and Percy Jackson
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