The Figure in the Shadows

Author	John Bellairs
Illustrator	Mercer Mayer
Publication date	1975
Pages	155
Publication order
Proceeded by:	The House with a Clock in its Walls
Followed by:	The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
Series order
Series	Lewis Barnavelt #2
Proceeded by:	The House with a Clock in its Walls
Followed by:	The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
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The Figure in the Shadows is John Bellairs’s second book in the Lewis Barnavelt series, continuing the adventures of Lewis Barnavelt with his new friend, Rose Rita Pottinger; his uncle, Jonathan; and their neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann.  The story centers around Lewis gaining access to his great-grandfather's Civil War-era travel trunk and finding his relative's good luck coin.  Events that follow prove that the coin is more than just an innocent piece of metal and that Lewis is in certain danger.

Cast

Protagonists

Main article: Lewis Barnavelt series characters

• Lewis Barnavelt
• Rose Rita Pottinger
• Jonathan Barnavelt
• Florence Zimmermann

Antagonists

• The spirit of Eliphaz Moss
• Woody Mingo

Setting

• New Zebedee, Michigan

Dedication

For Don Wilcox, David Walters, and Jonathan Grandine. Friends who have been friends indeed.

External links

• Bellairsia
  • The Figure in the Shadows at Bellairsia blog
  • The Figure in the Shadows at Bellairsia Review

Lewis Barnavelt Series

Bellairs Corpus
By John Bellairs	The House with a Clock in its Walls (1973) The Figure in the Shadows (1975) The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (1976)
Completed by Brad Strickland	The Ghost in the Mirror (1993) The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (1993) The Doom of the Haunted Opera (1995)
By Brad Strickland	The Specter from the Magician's Museum (1998) The Beast under the Wizard's Bridge (2000) The Tower at the End of the World (2001) The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost (2003) The House where Nobody Lived (2006) The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008)