Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase: 1

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Plot-wise, I really liked reading about the way everyone dealt with the Visitors - they hated iron, so carrying iron filings and chains was essential. There were also weapons made from Greek Fire which were very cool, and the scenes where ghost-fighting occurred were some of the best ones. The mystery was engaging and I was very intrigued to find out how a certain ghost died. To be honest, some things were a little predictable and I wasn't surprised to find out who the culprit was, but it was enjoyable all the same. I also loved the scene

Worcestershire's Teen Book Award winner announced". Evesham Journal. 8 August 2014 . Retrieved 17 July 2021.Children's Literature Association of Utah Beehive Book Awards nominee (Young Adult Fiction) (2016) [32] Shame we can't use caged cats, like Tom Rotwell did,' George remarked. 'They're the most sensitive indicator of all, apparently - *if* you can stand the yowling.”

It was an experiment,' I said. 'Why are you complaining? You're always messing about with that stupid jar of yours.' The 2015 UKYA Blogger Awards: A Whole Lot of Awesome". Once Upon a Bookcase. 2015 . Retrieved 17 July 2021. But tea bags, brown and fresh and plenty of them, and made (for preference) by Pitkin Brothers of Bond Street, are perhaps the simplest and best of all. There's no comparison. I keep that ghost *in* in the jar. Anyway, it's scientific research. I do it under carefully controlled conditions.'

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2018-09-12 18:20:23 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA1348206 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set china External-identifier We recap books (Why? Well you know when the next book in a series is about to come out and you can't remember all the main details of the previous books? That's what we are here for! Catch up on the parts that slipped your mind so you will be ready for the next one.) After horrors and more horrors, Lucy discovers a way out of the room through a hidden passageway near the only window. They all fall through into darkness just as the room overflows with blood and end up in a narrow, stone corridor, filled with cobwebs, a sure sign of Visitation, but at least the blood is gone. They go along the passageway and come to a spiral staircase leading down. Lucy slides her hand along the stone wall as they descend and begins to sense things—the stamping of boots, the scrape of swords, the voices of many men. Someone is moaning in fear and pain. Then the screaming begins! Lucy pulls her hand away, and the sounds cease. But only for a moment. The screams return and become louder. They’d thought the legendary screaming staircase was the one in the main building, but it must have been this old, derelict one. No one else can hear the screams. It's a curious thing with George. With his glasses off, his eyes looked small and weak - blinky and a bit baffled, like an unintelligent sheep that's taken a wrong turn. But when he put them on again, they went all sharp and steely, more like the eyes of an eagle that eats dumb sheep for breakfast.”

I shook him firmly, slapped the side of his face. 'George, you've got to wake up! George, *please.* Are you okay?' urn:lcp:screamingstairca0000stro:epub:6d114615-1d6c-425d-a070-c5fa6f03273a Foldoutcount 0 Identifier screamingstairca0000stro Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t23c38574 Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780545765879 But certainly the two best-known tales in the neighborhood - the key hauntings, if you will - concern the Red Room and the Screaming Staircase.' The bloodstain on the ceiling now spread almost wall to wall; in our corner, a single triangle of clean space remained. Elsewhere torrents of blood fell in curtains, roaring, driving, gusting like rain waves in a thunderstorm. The floor was awash. It pooled between the floorboards and lashed up against the wainscoting. The chandelier dripped with it: the crystals shone red. Now I knew why the chamber was without furniture of any kind, why it had been deserted for so many years. Now I knew why it had the name it did.”

I like to judge a series by how well its first book is. The Screaming Staircase is smart, entertaining, and most importantly, the characters are easy to love. There are no unnecessary segues into unrelated and annoying trivial matters. Everything that happens is designed to advance the plot. And it ends with a big hint of something huge to come in the later books. I will be reading all the books in this series. There was a profound silence, abruptly broken by an enormously loud rumble from George's stomach. Plaster didn't actually fall from the ceiling, but it was close. He continued: “For several years I’ve watched a large group of supremely talented people come together and work untiringly through a pandemic to produce a fabulous adaptation of my story. It’s been an overwhelming experience: thrilling, inspiring and emotional.” CYBILS AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". The Children's Book Council. 18 February 2014 . Retrieved 17 July 2021. The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud". The Independent. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 March 2016.