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2013 novel by Jonathan Stroud

The Screaming Staircase
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Uk cover
Writer Jonathan Stroud
Illustrator Kate Adams
Cover artist Alessandro "Talexi" Taini (Britain)
Country U.k.
Series Lockwood & Co.
Genre Supernatural, thriller
Publisher Random Business firm (UK)
Disney-Hyperion (United states of america)

Publication date

 Baronial 29, 2013 (Britain)[1]
September 17, 2013 (Usa)
Media type Hardcover, Paperback, ebook, Audio CD
Pages 384[2]
ISBN 978-1-4231-6491-3
Followed by The Whispering Skull

The Screaming Staircase is a middle grade thriller novel past Jonathan Stroud. It is the first book in a series titled Lockwood & Co., and was released on 29 Baronial 2013 by Random Firm in the Uk, and by Disney-Hyperion in the United States on 17 September 2013.[1] [3]

The story is set up in an alternative modern-day London which experiences an event called "the Problem", where ghosts appear throughout the metropolis by nighttime and attack the living! Agencies take arisen to fend off the ghosts and protect the public, for a fee, but put themselves in extreme danger in the process. Withal, just children and teenagers have the "talent" to sense the ghosts; they gradually lose this once they attain their twenties. And so the agencies nether with the leadership of people who have passed their ghost-sensitive ages and with the youth whose talents are instrumental in solving a haunting. All of the agencies merely one. That ane exception is Lockwood & Co.

The story follows Lucy Carlyle and the agency of Lockwood & Co. The bureau is run and led by Anthony Lockwood and has but one other member prior to Lucy's joining: a boy named George Cubbins. Using their different skills and "talents", they investigate and solve hauntings. As the serial progresses, deeper mysteries unravel about the truths behind the ghosts and the Problem.

Synopsis [edit]

A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, and spectres are appearing throughout the city, and they are not exactly friendly. Merely young people have the psychic abilities required to run across and eradicate these unnatural foes. Many different Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the unsafe piece of work, and they are in fierce competition for business organization. In 'The Screaming Staircase', the plucky and talented Lucy Carlyle teams upwards with Anthony Lockwood, the charismatic leader of Lockwood & Co, a small agency that runs independent of whatever adult supervision. After an assignment leads to both a grisly discovery and a disastrous end, Lucy, Anthony, and their sarcastic colleague, George, are forced to take part in the perilous investigation of Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England. Volition Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall's legendary Screaming Staircase and Cherry-red Room to see some other day?

Characters [edit]

  • Lucy Carlyle:[4] The newest member of Lockwood & Co. and the narrator of the book, Lucy is 15 years old.[5] and is described as quick to beginning a fight. She was known in before revisions equally Lucy Purser.[vi] The daughter of a stationmaster in the North of England, she joined a local agency at an early age. Yet, later on a disastrous case resulting in the loss of her swain agents, Lucy left her former employment and family unit to first again in London. Lucy's Talent lies in her hearing and empathy through impact.
  • Anthony Lockwood: The leader of Lockwood & Co., often referred to as but Lockwood. He is described as "dashing" and "a fleck reckless".[ commendation needed ] His Talent is a sharp "sight" - seeing ghosts and deathglows, the psychic residue left by a violent death. Lockwood is known for his quick withal thorough approach to hauntings and prides himself on his abilities. He is a mysterious boyfriend; orphaned and left with the family'due south property.
  • George Cubbins: Anthony'southward deputy, and quite cynical. He is rather portly and a little slovenly.[half dozen] George is much more focused on research and training than the other two agents, and prefers a longer waiting fourth dimension between assignments. He rarely gets forth with his fellow amanuensis Lucy, nevertheless shares a strong passion with Anthony Lockwood. He is also quite attached to a skull in a glass jar which he owns. The skull is possessed by a ghost.
  • Suzie Martin: The daughter of Mrs. Hope, she meets Lockwood & Co. in her mother'due south absenteeism, and so they tin investigate the presence of a Visitor in her family'due south home. She is quite sceptical of how young the agency is.[seven]
  • Annie Ward: A young woman who returns every bit a type-two ghost following her decease. Lockwood & Co. encounter her at the beginning of the book, and so become on to solve the mystery of her murder. Her Source is a locket which Lockwood and Co. found effectually the neck of her corpse. She and Lucy share a strong psychic connection.
  • Inspector Barnes: An investigator of DEPRAC (Department of Psychical Research and Command), which is based at Scotland Yard. Barnes seems to disapprove of and mayhap dislike Lockwood and George, however cooperates with them in the case of Annie Ward
  • Sir John William Fairfax: The wealthy industrialist who owns the haunted Combe Carey Hall, assigns Lockwood & Co. the mystery inside the mansion and offers them the money needed to salvage the company from debt.
  • Hugo Blake: Annie Ward's 22-yr-former beau, who was accused of murdering Annie Ward.

Sequels [edit]

A sequel to the book, titled The Whispering Skull, was released in September 2014.[8] [9] A 2d sequel, titled The Hollow Boy, was released in September 2015.[10] The fourth volume in the series, The Creeping Shadow, was released in September 2016. The concluding volume, The Empty Grave, was released in September 2017.[11] A related book, The Dagger in the Desk-bound, was released in February 2015.[12]

Adaptations [edit]

The film rights were acquired in December 2012 by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, making this the first alive-action projection for the quondam. The picture, titled Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase, was to be produced past Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri.[thirteen] However, in September 2017 it was announced that Big Talk Productions had optioned the rights to Lockwood & Co., with plans to adapt it into a television series.[fourteen] In December 2020, the bear witness was announced to be going to Netflix, adapted by Joe Cornish.[15] Filming began on the series in the calendar week following v July 2021.[16]

Reception [edit]

The Screaming Staircase has received the post-obit accolades:

  • Cybils Award (Speculative Fiction) (2013)[17]
  • Goodreads Pick Laurels (Middle Form & Children'southward)(2013)[18]
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2014)[19]
  • Mystery Writers of America'due south Edgar Awards (Best Juvenile)(2014)[20]
  • Jewish Community Secondary School's WeRead Prize (2014)[21]
  • BookTrust and Amazon Kindle'southward Booktrust Best Volume Awards shortlist (9-11 All-time Story) (2014)[22]
  • North Carolina Young Adult Book Laurels nominee (2014)[23]
  • Carnegie Medal for Literature (2014)[24]
  • Worcestershire Public Libraries' Worcestershire Teen Book Honor shortlist (2014)[25]
  • Silver Inky Award shortlist (2014)[26]
  • International Librarians of Nippon's Sakura Medal nominee (2015)
  • Stratford Girls' Grammar Schoolhouse's Warwickshire Secondary Volume Awards (2015)[27]
  • Coventry City Council's Coventry Inspiration Volume Awards shortlist (2015)
  • UKYA Blogger Awards' UKYA Blogger Awards nominee (2015)[28]
  • The Backwoods Schoolhouse's Weald Book Award shortlist (2015)[29]
  • American Library Association's Popular Paperbacks for Immature Adults (2015)[30]
  • Children'south Literature Association of Utah Beehive Volume Awards nominee (Young Adult Fiction) (2016)[31]
  • Nevada Library Association'south Nevada Young Readers' Laurels (Intermediate) (2016)[32]
  • Washington Library Association'due south Sasquatch Laurels nominee (2016)[33]
  • Rebecca Caudill Immature Readers' Book Award nominee (2017)[34]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Stroud, Jonathan (ix February 2013). "Lockwood Publication Dates!". Jonathan Stroud's Blog . Retrieved 15 Feb 2013.
  2. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (17 September 2013). The Lockwood & Co.: Screaming Staircase. ISBN978-1423164913.
  3. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (25 October 2012). "Lockwood & Co news 25th Oct". The Random House Group Press Office . Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Coming Upwards in 2013 #7: Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud". The Book Zone. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ^ Binea, Literatwo (15 August 2013). "Jonathan Stroud – The official "Lockwood & Co." interview". Literatwo Binea & Mr. Rail. Archived from the original on twenty Baronial 2013. Retrieved 23 Baronial 2013.
  6. ^ a b Stroud, Jonathan (26 October 2012). "Hello Bee! Cracking question - well, in that location are iii main character: Anthony Lockwood himself, who's the leader of the bureau. He's quite dashing and a bit reckless, and gets into problem consequently. In that location'southward George Cubbins, his deputy, who'southward rather more than portly and (you'll be pleased to know) has a nice line in acerbic comments; and Lucy Purser, who'southward the newest fellow member of the group and has ane or 2 chips on her shoulder. They all live together in Lockwood's house in London and get out to tackle ghosts..." Facebook . Retrieved 21 Dec 2012.
  7. ^ Stroud, Jonathan. "Scribd". Scribd. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  8. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (eleven August 2013). "Ask the Author". Random Business firm. Retrieved 23 Baronial 2013.
  9. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (25 October 2012). "Lockwood Motion-picture show Deal Announced!". Tumblr . Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  10. ^ "The Hollow Boy, by Jonathan Stroud". The Independent. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  11. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (7 September 2017). Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave. Corgi Childrens. ISBN9780552575799. ASIN 0552575798.
  12. ^ Stroud, Jonathan (9 Feb 2015). Lockwood & Co: The Dagger in the Desk. Penguin Random House Children'due south UK. ISBN978-1-4481-9694-4.
  13. ^ Kroll, Justin (24 October 2012). "Illumination, U acquire 'Lockwood' serial". Variety . Retrieved 21 Dec 2012.
  14. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (19 September 2017). "'Lockwood & Co': Big Talk Prods To Arrange Spooky YA Detective Serial For Television set". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  15. ^ Ravindran, Manori (13 December 2020). "Netflix Unveils New U.K. Projects With Sam Mendes, Rowan Atkinson, Andy Serkis". Diverseness.
  16. ^ Daniels, Nia (5 July 2021). "Filming begins on Lockwood & Co for Netflix". The Noesis . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  17. ^ "2013 CYBILS AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". The Children'south Book Council. 18 Feb 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  18. ^ "The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., #ane)". Goodreads . Retrieved 18 July 2021. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "2014 Los Angeles Times Volume Prizes Winners Appear". Los Angeles Times. eighteen April 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2014". Book Reporter. n.d. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  21. ^ Saker, James (31 July 2014). "We Read Experience". Ronson Jewish Community Secondary Schoolhouse . Retrieved 17 July 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ Eyre, Charlotte (27 March 2014). "Booktrust unveils shortlist for Best Book Awards". The Volume Seller. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  23. ^ "2014-2015 Nominees & Winners". NCSLMA YA Book Award. 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Five of our books nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2014". Knight Hall Agency. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Worcestershire'south Teen Book Award winner announced". Evesham Journal. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  26. ^ "The 2014 Inky Awards Shortlist". Readings. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Warwickshire Book Awards". Stratford Girls' Grammar School. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  28. ^ "The 2015 UKYA Blogger Awards: A Whole Lot of Awesome". One time Upon a Bookcase. 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  29. ^ "The Weald Volume Award". LRC & Library. n.d. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  30. ^ "2015 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults Height Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
  31. ^ "clau_2016.pdf" (PDF). Children's Literature Association of Utah. 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  32. ^ "Past winners". Nevada Library Association. due north.d. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  33. ^ Lagios, Melina (ii Feb 2016). "And the Laurels Goes To…". San Juan Islander. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  34. ^ "Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award". Rebecca Caudhill . Retrieved 18 July 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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