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Jonathan Stroud:
+also appear in this world? If so, how will anyone negate the source, assuming the source is the actual ship underwater? (Also I have already read the Hollow boy and it was amazing. I bit my nails to nubs by the end of it and that cliffhanger oh my god. Such a beautiful book. Thank you so much for being so awesome :)
Jonathan Stroud
Sources underwater tend to be nullified - as long as the water is running. But a ship that's run aground could easily be a focus for ghosts and Sources, as relic-women like Flo Bones would attest. So glad you liked Hollow Boy! Sorry about the ending! ;)
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I just finished the first Lockwood & Co. book, and I think it was amazing. I read it at night and had to keep my flashlight on to go to sleep! I love how you describe the Visitations. A question that was bugging me was: Do other countries, like America where I live, have the Problem like England? If so, is it worse or less bad than the Problem in England?
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Jonathan Stroud:
As an adult who reads your books (well, Bartimaeus and now Lockwood&Co), I'm curious as to what age and audience you're usually thinking of when you write? Everything I've read of yours is clearly either children's or YA, and yet they seem 'adult' enough that I don't generally feel like I'm reading a children's book. Anyway, keep 'em coming! :)
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