Dangerous spaces vs The Screaming Staircase: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Haunted houses, Child and youth fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Supernatural, Paranormal

Cover of Dangerous spaces

Dangerous spaces Margaret Mahy · 1991 ★★★★☆ 3.6 154 pages · ≈ 2 h 51 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Screaming Staircase

The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud · 2013 ★★★★☆ 4.3 416 pages · ≈ 7 h 42 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Screaming Staircase higher: 4.3 vs 3.6 from 222 votes.
Dangerous spaces is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 7 for The Screaming Staircase.
The Screaming Staircase is the easier read (Light), Dangerous spaces more demanding (Moderate).

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