The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors: 1 (Last Apprentice Short Fiction) - Hardcover

Delaney, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061730289 ISBN 13: 9780061730283

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2009

Synopsis

The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . .

The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training?

And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?

What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?

And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them.

Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows. Do you dare?

About this title

Review:

"Anything but tame." -- Horn Book (starred review)

"A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Praise for the Last Apprentice series: "This is the stuff of skin-prickling campfire stories." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This book would be perfect for pulling reluctant readers into the series."--School Library Journal

This book would be perfect for pulling reluctant readers into the series. --School Library Journal"

About the Author:

Joseph DELANEY is the author of the internationally best-selling The Last Apprentice series, which is now a major motion picture, Seventh Son. He is a former English teacher who lives in the heart of boggart territory in Lancashire, England. His village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061730289
• ISBN 13: 9780061730283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176