The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors (The Last Apprentice)

Book 3 of 4: The Last Apprentice

Delaney, Joseph

 
9780061730306: The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors (The Last Apprentice)
ISBN 10: 0061730300 ISBN 13: 9780061730306
Publisher: Greenwillow, 2009

Synopsis

As sixty-year-old John Gregory reflects on the past, he reveals how the world of ghosts, ghasts, witches, and boggarts was exposed to him and he later becomes the Spook, even though his first intention had been to join the priesthood.

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Review

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

"Anything but tame." -- Horn Book (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.

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Publisher
Greenwillow
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0061730300
ISBN 13 
9780061730306
Binding
Library Binding
Illustrator
Arrasmith Patrick
Number of pages
166

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ISBN 10:  0061730319 ISBN 13:  9780061730313
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2010
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