Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase: 1

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There's no comparison. I keep that ghost *in* in the jar. Anyway, it's scientific research. I do it under carefully controlled conditions.' 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.” The Screaming Staircase study guide contains a biography of Jonathan Stroud, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. 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.” Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London

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.) 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 9780545765879There 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. A sequel to the book, titled The Whispering Skull, was released in September 2014. [8] [9] A second sequel, titled The Hollow Boy, was released in September 2015. [10] The fourth book in the series, The Creeping Shadow, was released in September 2016. The final book, The Empty Grave, was released in September 2017. [11] A related book, The Dagger in the Desk, was released in February 2015. [12] Adaptations [ edit ] 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.” 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.”

With the same sophisticated imagination that made his Bartimaeus series such a success, Stroud’s writing is assured and nimble. He’s terrific at mixing the macabre with high-school-level repartee.” The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud". The Independent. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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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. I stared at the clean, calm surface of the door. 'Why couldn't it come after us? Ghosts can pass through walls.'