| ISBN |
9781782952459 |
| Name |
Delaney, Joseph, 1945- author. |
| Title |
The Spook's apprentice Joseph Delaney ; illustrated by David Wyatt. |
| Published |
2014 |
| Description |
324 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Wardstone chronicles ; BOOK 1 |
| Notes |
Originally published: [London] : Bodley Head, 2004. |
| Summary |
YA. Fantasy fiction. Someone has to stand against the dark. And you're the only one who can.' For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end, but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried. Some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the County? The first chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles, the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore. |
| 12 yrs+ |
| Target audience note |
12 yrs+ |
| Subjects |
Ward, Tom (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Thomas -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
| Premier's Reading Challenge. 7-9 |
| Exorcism -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Exorcism -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Horror tales Juvenile fiction. |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Exorcism -- Fiction |
| Apprentices -- Fiction |
| Witches -- Fiction |
| Paranormal fiction. |
| Genre |
Premier's Reading Challenge. 7-9 |
| Horror stories |
| Horror tales |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Horror tales |
| Young adult fiction |
| Occult fiction |
| Added Names |
Wyatt, David, 1968-, illustrator. |
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