Copyright Date:
2018
Edition Date:
2018
Release Date:
09/18/18
Illustrator:
Adams, Kate,
Pages:
437 pages
ISBN:
1-484-79006-5
ISBN 13:
978-1-484-79006-9
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2017029086
Dimensions:
20 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Starred Review ALA Booklist
Starred Review It's not Lockwood & Company's finest hour. Breaking into Marissa Fitte's mausoleum and entering the booby-trapped crypt is routine, if unnerving. But the surprising contents of her coffin leave Lockwood, Lucy, George, Holly, and Kipps distracted and ill-prepared for dealing with the vengeful spirit they've just unleashed. On the upside, they gain a new client, a ghost who's fixated on destroying a mutual enemy, but the path to that end is dark and perilous. In addition to relating encounters with alarming specters and destructive human thugs, the fifth and final volume in the Lockwood & Co. series follows this team of young psychic detectives to the source of the mystery that darkens the entire series: What is causing the plague of dead souls that have been terrorizing London for half a century? Lucy tells the story in an offhand, yet perceptive way. Whether she's describing her enigmatic fellow investigators, their otherworldly adventures, or the disarmingly snarky ghost and sparring partner that she carries around in a jar, the engaging narration shines with imagery, insight, wit, and finesse. Stroud brings his intricate, series-long story line to a close with a complex, dramatic climax followed by a simple, satisfying conclusion. A first-rate adventure, full of memorable, original characters.
Word Count:
109,660
Reading Level:
5.3
Interest Level:
4-7
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 5.3
/ points: 17.0
/ quiz: 190556
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:4.4 /
points:25.0 /
quiz:Q72088
Lexile:
710L
*NOW A NETFLIX SERIES*
In this spine-tingling next book of the Lockwood & Co series, the ghost-hunting gang take on terrifying new challenges.
Five months after the events in The Creeping Shadow, we join Lockwood, Lucy, George, Holly, and their associate Quill Kipps on a perilous night mission: they have broken into the booby-trapped Fittes Mausoleum, where the body of the legendary psychic heroine Marissa Fittes lies. Or does it? This is just one of the many questions to be answered in Book 5 of the Lockwood & Co. series. Will Lockwood ever reveal more about his family's past to Lucy? Will their trip to the Other Side leave Lucy and Lockwood forever changed? Will Penelope Fittes succeed in shutting down their agency forever? The young agents must survive attacks from foes both spectral and human before they can take on their greatest enemy in a climactic and chaotic battle. And to prevail they will have to rely on help from some surprising--and shadowy--allies. Jonathan Stroud once again delivers a rousing adventure full of danger, laughs, twists, and frights. The revelations will send readers back to Book 1 to start the series all over again. Exclusive to this paperback edition: a Lockwood & Co. short story, "The Dagger in the Desk," and an illustrated ghost guide.