by Jonathan Stroud
Upon reading the cover and the first few pages I thought this was a knock off Harry Potter. But first impressions are often wrong--and I was so wrong that I find it funny now! Reading this book I fell in love with a sassy mid-level Djinni named Bartimaeus. I never thought I'd ever be able to see ...
Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood and Co. Book 1: The Screaming Staircase is a great mix of mystery and ghost story. Boasting an opinionated and talented heroine, Lucy Carlyle, who could be Sammy Keyes British cousin, this story is set in a world where ghosts (called Visitors) have taken over the night and...