The Screaming Staircase
by Jonathan Stroud
Taste attributes: horrormysterymonster/alien/supernaturalteenadventurefastfresh & originalimaginarylinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfighting evilunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA fantastical, contained horror novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London. This book is part of a brilliant series for children (and parents) who love to be creeped out. It’s set in London when the city is experiencing an outbreak of ghosts who kill people if they come into contact with them. The catch: only children can see them.
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- Author
- Jonathan Stroud
- Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 418
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- Open Library
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