Bibliograph

The empty grave, Jonathan Stroud ; illustrations by Kate Adams

Type

Label

The empty grave, Jonathan Stroud ; illustrations by Kate Adams

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

710L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The empty grave

Oclc number

968771353

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Stroud ; illustrations by Kate Adams

Series statement

Lockwood & Co., book five

Summary

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 many questions to be answered in Book Five of the Lockwood & Co. series. Will Lockwood ever reveal more about his family's past to Lucy? Has their trip to the Other Side left the two of them changed forever? Will Penelope Fittes succeed in shutting down their agency - and does she threaten something deeper still? The young operatives 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 some surprising - and shadowy - allies. Nothing is sacred and no one is safe as Lockwood & Co. race to uncover the truth about the Problem in this rousing finale full of danger, laughs, twists, and frights. The revelations just might send you back to book one to start the series all over again!

Target audience

juvenile

Classification