The Screaming Staircase — Content Guide for Parents

Frequently asked questions

• Is The Screaming Staircase appropriate for a 7-year-old?

  Ghosts can kill with a touch, the teens fight them, and they are also threatened by living people with guns, rapiers and fists. The book is a ghost story with creepy skeletal remains, blood dripping over a room, deadly ghosts and a haunted manor, and reviewers call it very scary.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have violence?

  Found (Supporting): Ghosts can kill with a touch, the teens fight them, and they are also threatened by living people with guns, rapiers and fists.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have scary content?

  Found (Central): The book is a ghost story with creepy skeletal remains, blood dripping over a room, deadly ghosts and a haunted manor, and reviewers call it very scary.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have religion?

  Not found in the sources we checked.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have race & culture?

  Not found in the sources we checked.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have profanity?

  Found (Brief): The parents' guide lists very little strong language: "hell" and "hellish", plus cursing that is mentioned without the words being used.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have climate?

  Not found in the sources we checked.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have sexual content?

  Not found in the sources we checked.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have gender roles?

  Not found in the sources we checked.

• Does The Screaming Staircase have gender & orientation?

  Not found in the sources we checked.