Young Adult/Youth Books

This category includes books I have read either because I was asked to read them before publication or because the premise (or even the cover of the book) had me hooked. This is one of my favorite categories. It always has been.

Sometimes I think these are the best books out there because it usually involves adventure and fantastical creatures, powers, ideas, etc.

Do not overlook this category because you have aged out of it. Some of the best adventures await...

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Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase

By: Jonathan Stroud

Publication Date: 26 August 2014

There is one major problem with the publishers of this book. They wrote that the book is for Ages 8 - 12. That is so WRONG! I think this book is for ANY age!

Lucy Carlyle and Anthony Lockwood are children who have a special gift. They can interact with ghosts. However, not all ghosts want them to interfere in their business. Sometimes the living has a hard time with the with the children as well.

These two plucky, young detectives have natural talents that supersede their counterparts. But what they make up in natural talent, they lose in planning and preparation. These two, along with their friend George, end up in more near-by misses and almost caught scenarios than they should, which is what makes this book so much fun to read!

But do not be fooled, the fright factor is very real! You will be on the edge of your seat as you go along with Lucy, Anthony, and George as they figure out a decades old mystery and become targets in the process. But who is targeting them? The living, the dead, or some other unknown phenomenon?

This is the first book in the Lockwood & Co. series and I highly suggest you get on board with the Lockwood Agency! This is one series that is sure to please with plenty of action, quick-wit, and creepy factors galore!

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