The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co. #4)

by Jonathan Stroud (Author)

The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co. #4)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Series: Lockwood & Co.

After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency wants them -- and only them -- to locate and remove the Source for the legendary Brixton Cannibal.

They succeed in their very dangerous task, but tensions remain high between Lucy and the other agents. Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover. What will it take to reunite the team? Black marketeers, an informant ghost, a Spirit Cape that transports the wearer, and mysteries involving Steve Rotwell and Penelope Fittes just may do the trick. But, in a shocking cliffhanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along. . . .

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PRAISE FOR THE SCREAMING STAIRCASE

"This story will keep you reading late into the night, but you'll want to leave the lights on. Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours, but so creepily different. Put The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list!"—Rick Riordan
Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud (www.jonathanstroud.com) is the author of four previous books in the Lockwood & Co. series as well as the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus books, and the stand-alone titles Heroes of the Valley, The Leap, The Last Siege, and Buried Fire. He lives in England with his wife and three children.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781484711903
Lexile Measure
690
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 12, 2017
Series
Lockwood & Co.
BISAC categories
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV058000 - Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
JUV018000 - Juvenile Fiction | Horror
Library of Congress categories
Mystery and detective stories
Detective and mystery stories
Ghosts
Ghost stories
Psychic ability
London (England)
England
JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stor
Supernatural
Paranormal fiction
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories

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