The Screaming Staircase
by Jonathan Stroud • Book 1 of the Lockwood & Co. Series
In this parallel universe, London residents are at risk from hostile "Visitors"-aka... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Horror
- Mystery
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2013
Word Count 92,073
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 160996
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- London (England)
- Psychic ability--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Horror
- England
- London (England)--Fiction
- Ghosts
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Supernatural
- Psychic ability
- Ghosts--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Haunted houses--Fiction
- Paranormal fiction
- Supernatural--Fiction
- Haunted houses
- Ghost stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
- England--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Fantasy Books for Ages 11 to 17
- It's a Mystery
- Middle School Classroom Libraries
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