Lockwood & Co: the Hollow Boy

Lockwood & Co: the Hollow Boy Synopsis

Lockwood & Co. might be the smallest (some might say shambollic) Psychic Detection Agency in London. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional Talents. And they get results. When an outbreak of ghostly phenomena grows to terrifying levels in Chelsea, Scotland Yard is left baffled. Even more baffling is that Lockwood & Co appear to have been excluded from the huge team of Agents investigating the Chelsea Outbreak. Surely this is the perfect chance for them to show once and for all that they're actually the best in town? Well, that's if they can put aside their personal differences for long enough to march into action with their rapiers, salt and iron...

Lockwood & Co: the Hollow Boy Reader Reviews

Some of our Lovereading4kids Reader Review Panel were lucky enough to read and review the first in the Lockwood & Co Series, The Screaming Staircase. You can read their full reviews by clicking here.

• Jamie Bamford, age 11 - 'You can’t put down The Screaming Staircase.  You instantly feel part of it.  The characters’ fears are your fears; their happiness is your happiness; you see what they see.  Recommend for brave 9+.'
  Sam Harper, age 11 - 'Like Ghostbusters with an extra dimension, there’s action, twists, turns and mystery. The Screaming Staircase was impossible to put down.'
• Kevin Goodall - 'With a puzzling murder story to solve they will have to use all of their brains to get out alive or die like the last team that went in did. I can't wait for the next book to come out.'
• Poppy Milburn, age 10 - 'This book involves so much energy, excitement and fear. You actually feel that you are entering the book, feeling all the characters' emotions for yourself.'
• Daisy Pritchard-Williams, age 11 - 'I highly recommend it to readers over 9 because for anyone younger it would be scary.'
• Amelia Corrick-Gough, age 14 - 'This book kept me on the edge of my seat, and is all I can think about! I love this book! I can't say a bad word about it. In my opinion, this book is up there with the Harry Potter series.'
• Cora Willans, age 9 - 'I would say this book should be read by confident readers only as it was a fairly scary book.'
• Edward Bailey, age 10 - 'A cracking read! Jonathan has really outdone himself! It couldn't be better!'
• Jenna Welch, age 10 - 'This hair-raising book chilled me to the bone but surprisingly contained a rather large amount of sarcastic humour.'
• Callum Broomfield - 'I couldn’t put this book down and ended up reading it late into the night. The ideas were great and the book was well written with a good pace and strong, well-drawn characters and I would look forward to reading a second book by Jonathan Stroud.'
• Traviss Chaytors, age 12 - 'Absolutely brilliant… but do not read on your own just before bedtime!'
• Rose Hopkins - 'Lockwood & Co is funny and scary at the same time – the perfect mix. I love the ghost buster theme and it has a wonderful twist.'
• Llew Harrison, age 8 - 'The action starts straight away and I was gripped until the very end. This is the spookiest book I have ever read but it is also very funny. So read if you dare!'

Lockwood & Co: the Hollow Boy Press Reviews

Stroud is a genius. Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series

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ISBN: 9780552573146
Publication date: 24/09/2015
Publisher: Corgi Childrens an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Format: Paperback

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About Jonathan Stroud

Jonathan Stroud was our Guest Editor in November 2010. Click here to see his selection of titles. Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford and grew up in St Albans. He studied at York university. He has a strong background in children's books - working at Walker, in their Game Book and Non-Fiction departments and Kingfisher Publications, editing children's non-fiction. He has written and edited a number of game books and non-fiction titles for Walker Books. Jonathan lives in St. Albans with his wife.

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