Jonathan Stroud
Hardcover | Pages: 440 pages Rating: 4.22 | 30105 Users | 4424 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1) |
| Author | : | Jonathan Stroud |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | August 29th 2013 by Doubleday Children’s Books |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Mystery. Horror. Paranormal. Childrens. Middle Grade. Ghosts |
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When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest, most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive. Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again . . .Declare Books Conducive To The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1)
| Original Title: | The Screaming Staircase |
| ISBN: | 0857532014 (ISBN13: 9780857532015) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.randomhousechildrens.co.uk/lockwood/ |
| Series: | Lockwood & Co. #1 |
| Characters: | Lucy Carlyle, Anthony Lockwood |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile (2014), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2013), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2014), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2014) Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2017) |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 30105 Users | 4424 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. #1)
Edit : few months have passed since I read this book and I recently feel I'm missing the characters so I finally made up my mind to buy the second book! Hopefully, I'll buy a copy soon. ☺ THE REVIEW IS POSTED3.5 Stars. "My view is: with you andGeorge on my team, nothing can stand in our way." The problem has been happening for over 50 years. This problem is an epidemic of supernatural phenomena (ghosts) and there are agencies to help people to deal with their supernatural problems or the3 StarsOverview: ^ Basically my entire feelings about this book. I can appreciate it, but something about it didnt click. I just dont think it was for me. I liked it. I just didnt love it. Buddy Read with the lovely Frankie! Who enjoyed this much more than I did! Pros: Theres some super cool worldbuilding. Its ghosts mixed with science and somehow it works. This is set in a London where the world is almost over-run with paranormal activity, and children are the only ones able to detect them.
Im sick of historical fiction. Im sick of contemporary fiction. Im sick of realism and science fiction. Fantasy I watch with a wary eye. I dont always feel this way but when Ive read seven depressing meaningful middle grade books for kids in a row the old noggin screams for something enjoyable for once. And to place into this mental desert a book like The Screaming Staircase ... well, its the best possible cure for what ails ye. A pleasure from tip to tail, this is the book you hand the advanced
I can't believe I almost forgot about Jonathan Stroud. His Bartimaeus trilogy was one of my favorites when I was in middle school/high school, but I never thought I would find another one of his books, because for some reason I believed that he hadn't written anything else after that series. It was pure chance that I learned about this book at all - I can't remember which of my Goodreads friends put this on their to-read list, but someone did, and I happened to be looking at my feed at the exact
"Okay," I hurried on. "But why me?" "You're a girl," Lockwood called. "Aren't you supposed to be more sensitive?" "To emotions, yes. To nuances of human behavior. Not necessarily to secret passages in a wall." "Oh, it's much the same thing." Hello, let me introduce you to one of my new favorite series. I freaking loved this first book and I seriously can't wait to read more of it. The writing was exquisite and funny, and there's seriously not a character I haven't loved with my entire soul
3.75 stars*Please note that an Amazon seller sent me an uncorrected ARC of this instead of the hardcover I actually ordered so the book I read may be different than the final product.*Initially I liked the concept of this book: young, psychic ghost-hunting sleuths who use an array of gadgets to solve mysteries in haunted houses. The problem is that the writing is sometimes too dry to keep your attention. Though the dialogue is realistic for the characters, not the overly snarky way adults
3,5* - this was definitely entertaining but it unfortunately dragged on sometimes, especially in the beginning.
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