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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #1)

Jonathan Stroud

Start date: August 1, 2015

Finish date: August 31, 2015

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Sep 14, 2017 ✨ jami ✨ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2017-reads, action, childrens-literature, supernatural, middle-grade, paranormal, fantasy, series

well this was totally freaking spooky and scary 👻 Ghost hunting, mansion hauntings, screaming staircases, murder and a trio of best friends? This book really does have it all. All the Good Stuff

“Of the first few hauntings I investigated with Lockwood & Co. I intend to say little, in part to protect the identity of the victims, in part because of the gruesome nature of the incidents, but mainly because, in a variety of ingenious ways, we succeeded in messing them all up.”

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Dec 09, 2018 Wendy rated it it was amazing

4.5-5 stars

This was a really well-developed world - a version of ours where ghosts are real and can be dangerous, and only kids can see and detect them reliably. Our heroes are a ragtag trio of teens who make up a small but tenacious psychic investigation agency. Their personalities and interactions were well-written and vivid, and there were a few genuine laughs thrown in along the way.

The story was well-paced, despite not seeing the titular staircase until the second half, and there was plent ...more

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