The Spook’s Apprentice

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The Spook’s Apprentice is a dark fantasy novel by Joseph Delaney, the first book in the Wardstone Chronicles series, following a young boy apprenticed to a local exorcist who battles ghosts, witches, and other supernatural threats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark fantasy novel
novel
young adult novel
adaptation Seventh Son NERFINISHED
adaptationCountry United States NERFINISHED
adaptationReleaseYear 2014
adaptationType film
alsoKnownAs Revenge of the Witch NERFINISHED
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch NERFINISHED
author Joseph Delaney NERFINISHED
containsElement boggarts
ghosts
witches
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist David Wyatt NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Wardstone Chronicles universe NERFINISHED
followedBy The Spook’s Curse NERFINISHED
followsInSeries none
genre dark fantasy
horror
young adult fiction
hasIllustrations yes
hasSequel The Spook’s Curse NERFINISHED
intendedMarket children’s and young adult fantasy market
mainCharacter Alice Deane NERFINISHED
John Gregory NERFINISHED
Thomas Ward NERFINISHED
marketedAs The Last Apprentice (US edition) NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Thomas Ward NERFINISHED
notableAntagonist Mother Malkin NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
pageCount approximately 320
plotSummary A seventh son of a seventh son, Thomas Ward becomes apprentice to the local Spook and learns to fight ghosts, witches, and other supernatural creatures.
positionInSeries 1
protagonist Thomas Ward NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2004
publisher Random House Children’s Books NERFINISHED
The Bodley Head NERFINISHED
series The Last Apprentice NERFINISHED
The Wardstone Chronicles NERFINISHED
setting the County
targetAudience young adults
theme coming of age
fear and courage
good versus evil
timePeriodOfSetting pre-industrial era

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Seventh Son (2014 film) basedOn The Spook’s Apprentice