Lockwood & Co. (6 books in series)
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review 1: Gods, I can't even begin to express how much I loved this book.So I read the Bartimaeus trilogy around 7-8 years ago. I remember loving it, and I remember that the writing was incredible. The last book in what came to be known as the Bartimaeus sequence, I read just this last mon...
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review 1: Set slightly in the future, ghosts, or Visitors as they are over-kindly called, have overtaken London for the last fifty years. It is only children who can sense them enough to deal with them. Kind of a Ghost-Busters twist. Great for kids because who doesn't want to believe th...
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review 1: (4.5 Stairs)Quite a scary read. The plot of the story was very good, with plenty of mystery. The characters were also very enjoyable. They were the sort that I always wanted to know what they would do or think next. The book was really broken up into two separate stories: an intr...
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review 1: Fantastically original, fast paced and a hugely entertaining read. I pre-read this title before sharing it with my 8 year old son and am glad I did. Most of the reader recommendations put this book in the target range of grades 4-7, and though Stroud manages to nicely skirt mos...
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review 1: I really love this author, and this second book in the Lockwood & Co. series is a fun and haunting tale. I enjoy all three of the main characters, the premise is intriguing and their ghost hunts will keep you on the edge of your seat. If your kids liked Goosebump books and are lo...
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review 1: So good! If you're in anyway a baby when it comes to scary books, and I am, read only during daylight hours as this middle grade book really has some scares. Also, I realized when reading it, how refreshing it is to not have a book be about romance. The characters are fully re...