Title:
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LOCKWOOD & CO: THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE
BOOK 1 |
By: |
Jonathan Stroud |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0552566799 |
ISBN 13: |
9780552566797 |
Publisher: |
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S PUBLISHERS UK |
Pub. date: |
3 July, 2014 |
Series: |
Lockwood & Co. |
Pages: |
464 |
Description: |
When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. Your nights will never be the same again . . |
Synopsis: |
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 . . . |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Corgi Childrens |
Prizes: |
Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2014 (UK)
Winner of We Read 2015 (UK)
Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2015 (UK)
Short-listed for Hampshire Book Award 2015 (UK)
Short-listed for North East Book Award 2015 (UK)
Long-listed for Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2014 (UK)
Long-listed for Inky Awards (Australia) 2015 (UK) |
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