The Last Apprentice
Clash of the Demons
By Joseph Delaney; Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator)
(Greenwillow Books, Hardcover, 9780061344626, 416pp.)
Publication Date: September 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback
Categories: Horror & Ghost Stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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"You can't make alliances with witches and suchlike and hope to avoid being drawn toward the dark."
As the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward's first duty is to protect the County from ghosts, boggarts, and other dangerous creatures. But now his mother has come back from her homeland to seek his help. One of the most dangerous of the old witches, Ordeen, is about to return to earth, bringing with her suffering and devastation. Tom's mother has mustered a powerful army—including Tom's friend Alice, the Pendle witches, and the assassin Grimalkin—to confront Ordeen. If Tom joins them, the Spook will refuse to take Tom back as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made in the battle against the dark?
Joseph Delaney lives in Lancashire, England, in the middle of boggart territory.
“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 (starred review)
Praise for The Last Apprentice series: “This is the stuff of skin-prickling campfire stories.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The Last Apprentice series continues to be one of the best written of the last several years.”
-ALA Booklist
“Anything but tame.”
-Horn Book (starred review)
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