Lockwood & Co.: The Creeping Shadow -- Jonathan Stroud, Paperback

After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency wants them -- and only them -- to locate and remove the Source for the legendary Brixton Cannibal. They succeed in their very dangerous task, but tensions remain high between Lucy and the other agents. Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover. What will it take to reunite the team? Black marketeers, an informant ghost, a Spirit Cape that transports the wearer, and mysteries involving Steve Rotwell and Penelope Fittes just may do the trick. But, in a shocking cliffhanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along. . .

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781484711903
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184113 / Creeping Shadow

About the Author
Jonathan Stroud (www.jonathanstroud.com) is the author of four previous books in the Lockwood & Co. series as well as the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus books, and the stand-alone titles Heroes of the Valley, The Leap, The Last Siege, and Buried Fire. He lives in England with his wife and three children.