Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase: Book 1

Awards:   Long-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2014. Long-listed for Inky Awards: Silver Inky 2015. Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2015 (UK) Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards: Simply the Book Category 2015 Short-listed for Hampshire Book Award 2015 (UK) Shortlisted for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards: Simply the Book Category 2015. Shortlisted for North East Book Award 2015. Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2014. Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2015. Winner of We Read Award 2015.
Author:   Jonathan Stroud
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Children's UK
Volume:   1
ISBN:  

9780552566780


Pages:   480
Publication Date:   03 July 2014
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 16 years
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Long-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2014.
  • Long-listed for Inky Awards: Silver Inky 2015.
  • Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2015 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards: Simply the Book Category 2015
  • Short-listed for Hampshire Book Award 2015 (UK)
  • Shortlisted for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards: Simply the Book Category 2015.
  • Shortlisted for North East Book Award 2015.
  • Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2014.
  • Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2015.
  • Winner of We Read Award 2015.

Overview

The book sensation from global bestselling author, Jonathan Stroud, now a major Netflix series! Now a major Netflix series! 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 . . .

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Author:   Jonathan Stroud
Publisher:   Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:   Corgi Childrens
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780552566780


ISBN 10:   0552566780
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   03 July 2014
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 16 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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In a world overrun by evil spooks, can Paranormal Detection Agency Lockwood & Co do anything about the ghostly problems besetting London? Suspenseful, supernatural adventure. * Metro * Stroud (the Bartimaeus series) shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action, and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments). * Publishers Weekly * A heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes, replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls * Kirkus * The book is genuinely spooky and suspenseful, with appealing characters and great dialogue, and all shot through with Stroud's dry wit. * Guardian * This story will keep you reading late into the night, but you'll want to leave the lights on. Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours, but so creepily different. Put The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list. * Rick Riordan *


This story will keep you reading late into the night, but you'll want to leave the lights on. Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours, but so creepily different. Put The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list. Rick Riordan A heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes, replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls Kirkus The book is genuinely spooky and suspenseful, with appealing characters and great dialogue, and all shot through with Stroud's dry wit. Guardian Stroud (the Bartimaeus series) shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action, and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments). Publishers Weekly In a world overrun by evil spooks, can Paranormal Detection Agency Lockwood & Co do anything about the ghostly problems besetting London? Suspenseful, supernatural adventure. Metro


Author Information

Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University, he moved to London, where he worked as an editor at a publishing firm. He is the author of the best-selling Bartimaeus sequence, which is published in 35 languages and has sold 6 million copies worldwide; the much-beloved Lockwood & Co. series (soon to be a major Netflix series) as well as The Notorious Scarlett & Browne; Heroes of the Valley; The Last Seige; The Leap and Buried Fire. He lives in Hertfordshire with his family. He has yet to see a ghost, but is keeping his eyes open.

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