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The Hollow Boy

  • 2015 first published
  • 448 pages
  • ★ 4.5 (13 ratings)
  • 19 editions

Published in 2015, The Hollow Boy is a ghost story and horror novel by Jonathan Stroud. The story is set in England and London. Key subjects include ghosts, physicians, psychic ability and Spöken.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, and 145 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 19 editions.

It runs to roughly 448 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Hollow Boy

As a massive outbreak of supernatural Visitors baffles Scotland Yard and causes protests throughout London, Lockwood & Co. continue to demonstrate their effectiveness in exterminating spirits. Anthony Lockwood is dashing, George insightful, and Lucy dynamic, while the skull in the jar utters sardonic advice from the sidelines. There is a new spirit of openness in the team now that Lockwood has shared some of his childhood secrets, and Lucy is feeling more and more as if her true home is at Portland Row. It comes as a great shock, then, when Lockwood and George introduce her to an annoyingly perky and hyper-efficient new assistant, Holly Munro. Meanwhile, there are reports of many new hauntings, including a house where bloody footprints are appearing, and a department store full of strange sounds and shadowy figures. But ghosts seem to be the least of Lockwood & Co.'s concerns when assassins attack during a carnival in the center of the city. Can the team get past their personal issues to save the day on all fronts, or will bad feelings attract yet more trouble? Danger abounds, tensions escalate, and new loyalties form in this third delightfully terrifying adventure in the critically acclaimed Lockwood & Co. series.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories
  • Ghost stories
  • Paranormal fiction
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Supernatural
  • Ghosts
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Physicians
  • Psychic ability
  • Children's fiction
  • London, England
  • Mysteries & Detective Stories
  • Fantasy & Magic
  • Horror & Ghost Stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Hollow Boy?

The Hollow Boy was written by Jonathan Stroud and first published in 2015.

What genre is The Hollow Boy?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is The Hollow Boy?

The median edition has 448 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Hollow Boy?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Christmas Carol, Stalking Jack the Ripper and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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