![]() The catch? No one’s ever gotten out of it alive. He’s hiring the three to take on the most haunted house in all of Britain. ![]() Fortunately, a miracle shows up in the form of a very rich and powerful man. ![]() Enter a job that goes particularly wrong when the kids accidentally burn down their employers’ home, and it would take a miracle to save the agency. Run by the charming Anthony Lockwood alongside his two compatriots Lucy and George the ramshackle operation is barely scraping by. What are we to make of these facts? Well, it’s no surprise when ghost-busting operations hiring children start cropping up. Don’t let a ghost touch you, or you’re dead. Not just walk, but really wreak some serious havoc. One day, for no apparent reason, the dead started to walk amongst the living. Ghosts, kids on their own without adult supervision, and loads of delicious cookies. Smart as a whip, funny, witty, and honestly frightening at times, Stroud lets loose and gives readers exactly what they want. A pleasure from tip to tail, this is the book you hand the advanced readers that claim they’d rather read Paradise Lost than Harry Potter. ![]() ![]() And to place into this mental desert a book like The Screaming Staircase … well, it’s the best possible cure for what ails ye. I don’t always feel this way but when I’ve read seven depressing meaningful middle grade books for kids in a row the old noggin screams for something enjoyable for once. Lockwood & Company: The Screaming Staircase ![]()
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