| ISBN |
9781782952473 (pbk.) |
| Name |
Delaney, Joseph, 1945- author. |
| Title |
The Spook's secret Joseph Delaney ; illustrated by David Wyatt. |
| Edition |
[New edition]. |
| Published |
London : Red Fox, 2014 |
| Description |
453 pages : 1 map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Wardstone chronicles ; 3. |
| Notes |
Originally published: [London] : Bodley Head, 2006. |
| Summary |
YA. Fantasy fiction. 'It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter and there couldn't be a worse place to spend it.' As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar, menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors and a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master. What does the mysterious stranger want? Is the Spook's past catching up with him? And what dangers will Tom face if his master's secrets are revealed? The third 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+ |
| Subjects |
Ward, Tom (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Horror tales Juvenile fiction. |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ward, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Apprentices -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Horror tales |
| Horror stories |
| Premier's Reading Challenge. 7-9 |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Paranormal fiction |
| Horror tales |
| Young adult fiction |
| Added Names |
Wyatt, David, 1968- illustrator. |
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