So I twisted round to look up at the stars, thinking that maybe I was going to be buried alive after all. I've entitled my review 'Adventures for boys!!' After making a terrible promise to Alice an evil is let loose and Tom must make it right and will endanger his family in the process. Reading age: 10+. It is a well-written book, with a rich world and good character development. His mother has unique abilities with the dark side. Ok I started reading these books when I was 12 and I'm now 18...I hope that tells you how awesome a read this is. 1 In his studies he meets Alice a young witch. BEST IN ORDER. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 2 Your review has been submitted successfully, thank you. Definitly read this book. The story follows a Spook ( a person who works to remove evil from an area). His mother has chosen him to be the Spook's apprentice. I can’t recommend this book enough, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2011. Tom soon finds out the Spook has had many apprentices that didn't work out. Delaney doesn't over do it with too many complicated plot lines involving lots of characters whose names you cant remember. GET IT NOW. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. He'll be the best apprentice you've ever had and he'll also be your last.’ These were the words of Tom's Mam to the county Spook some years ago. But the role is as unpopular as it is necessary, and Tom has to decide whether he wants to leave his family for a life of danger and isolation. I read this book, my 17 year old read this book and so did my 8 year old. Excellent series glad it continues for 14 books, characters are simple to understand but live in a world of complexity and the choices they make are just as gripping as the dangers presented to them, Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018. Unfortunately i did not agree, as at some times i found it boring. OMG THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!! His mother has chosen him to be the Spook's apprentice. (10.0/10) Chilling, memorable and full of wonderful characters. From: The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney. And that's saying something, because there are very few books I like enough to read over and over again. The Spook's Apprentice: Book 1 (The Wardstone Chronicles), See all details for The Spook's Apprentice: Book 1 (The Wardstone Chronicles), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It's time for Tom to leave home and begin his job in life. The story covers approximately a year in the life of Thomas J. We all had a read and I would rate it 100% more than ten xxxx, So far it is really good and I just started reading today xxxxxxxxx. He'll learn to trust his instincts and not everyone is as they seem on first impression. Seriously a must read.. It has plenty of action, a complicated plot and it makes you want to read more. Your rating out of 10 I would like to read many books like these. 6 Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2009. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. It was very easy to relate to all the major characters and the major relationships are between the Spook and his apprentice and Thomas and his family. A wonderful series! Joseph Delaney is the best writer ever! I thought the story was a little better than Lightning Thief or Eric Rex, for comparison sake. IT KEPT ME EXCITED DURING THE MOST BORING HOLIDAY I EVER HAD! Buy The Spook's Apprentice: Book 1 by Delaney, Joseph online on Amazon.ae at best prices. Tom soon finds out the Spook has had many apprentices that didn't work out. The only thing I did not like--and this is NOT the author's fault--is that the intended audience is in the teen range, and I passed that age a long time ago. Very good. Ward, the apprentice of the book’s title, at a time when he has reached the age where he must leave his family and make his own way in the world. This is a fascinating, exciting, scary, and moving book, in which Thomas Ward, the young 7th son of a 7th son, recounts his education and growth as an apprentice "Spook" (an exorcist, witch-hunter, and boggart-solver). I enjoyed this book, I am new to the series and was looking for something a bit different as I am so tired of the werewolf, vampire, mage who doesn't know his a mage kind of stuff. What prevents the book from being another run of the mill entry in the genre is author Joe Delaney's skill in telling his story through the voice of the sensitive and honest Thomas, all the while evoking various moods (horror, beauty, love, peace, humour, and so on), creating rounded characters we care about (especially Thomas and Alice, the witch-niece with pointy shoes), developing moral themes (like the difficulty of dealing humanely with evil or the ambiguity of human nature), and vividly describing the squalid villages, magical safe-houses, and sublime landscapes of the Lancashire County. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. You currently have JavaScript disabled in your web browser, please enable JavaScript to view our website as intended. Less than 24hours later I've just put the book down and purchased the second in the series. I think it is the best book I've read. I loved the writing skill and how things seemed to fit together. Please try again. I bought the kindle version of this book having read the free sample first which hooked me immediately. I will attempt to be pithy with my remarks in regards to this grotesquely linear book. 9 It made the hairs on the back of my neck sand up yet I found I just could not shut the book until I was finished, and l looked everywhere until I found the next series of the book. Full of witches that eat and kill children, boggarts that will tare of your limbs, creepy ghosts, awesome dark gods and one boy who must work up the courage to fight against them all. The story itself is linear – we follow Thomas from the time he leaves home, through his apprenticeship and his encounters with witches, boggarts and ghouls. This book is fantastic and am using for my school book report! The Spook’s Apprentice is genuinely scary; the night that Thomas spends in a haunted house made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

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