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The Screaming Staircase
by Jonathan Stroud
Age: Middle School
Award: Caudill nominee 2017
Delightfully fast-paced and full of action, fans of Michael Vey and Lemony Snicket will eat this one up. Although the mystery may be easily solved by more savvy readers, the twist is still pleasing. My only wish was that there were more characters to carry on to the next book in the series.
"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" (Goodreads review).
Award: Caudill nominee 2017
Delightfully fast-paced and full of action, fans of Michael Vey and Lemony Snicket will eat this one up. Although the mystery may be easily solved by more savvy readers, the twist is still pleasing. My only wish was that there were more characters to carry on to the next book in the series.
"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" (Goodreads review).