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Gr 5–8—As in the previous volumes, The Screaming Staircase (2013) and The Whispering Skull (2014, both Disney-Hyperion), the latest escapades of Lockwood and Co., a ghost-hunting agency staffed by the crack team of Anthony Lockwood, George Cubbins, and Lucy Carlyle, start with a hair-raising scene of murder, mayhem, and ghostly apparitions. Narrator Lucy finds herself on shaky ground as her ability to speak to ghosts grows ever more pow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Lucy Carlyle, psychic investigator at the independent teenage agency Lockwood & Co. ("I make my living destroying the risen spirits of the restless dead"), is back in her third adventure. As in previous series entries set in a ghost-infested alternate London (The Screaming Staircase, rev. 9/13; The Whispering Skull), Stroud masterfully balances thrilling action scenes of perilous encounters with more introspective character development, as Lucy (in her tart yet vulnerable first-per...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The fortunes of ragtag ghost-hunting agency Lockwood & Co. are looking up after they solve several big cases. But in the course of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A fast-paced, action-packed read. Each supernatural visitor that the ghost-hunting team faces is scarier than the last, leading to a thrilling climax that imperils not just Lockwood & Co., but all of London. Jonathan Stroud's engaging writing is full of eerie, vivid descriptions that provide a strong sense of place and make readers feel like they're on the scene with Lockwood & Co. For example, Lucy, who narrates, says, "I caught the outline of the window in the corner of my eyes-and within it, darkness superimposed on darkness, a long-haired shape, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More