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Violence
Barely any
Ghost encounters and supernatural peril; a discovered skeleton; tense but not graphic
Language
Barely any
Clean language appropriate for younger readers
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
A genuinely scary haunted-house sequence; the creeping dread of the supernatural is well-executed
What this book is about
In an alternate England plagued by ghosts, only children can sense and fight the supernatural—and Lockwood & Co. is the scrappiest ghost-hunting agency in London. Lucy Carlyle joins the team for a dangerous commission at a notoriously haunted house. Jonathan Stroud's YA supernatural thriller is atmospheric, funny, and genuinely spooky in the best tradition of British children's literature.
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