Edition |
First Harper Trophy edition. |
Description |
344, 12 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Last apprentice ; bk. 1
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Delaney, Joseph, 1945-
Last apprentice ; bk. 1.
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Note |
"A Greenwillow book"--P. [4] of cover. |
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"First published in 2004 in Great Britain by The Bodley Head ... under the title The spook's apprentice"--T.p. verso. |
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2008 Teen Nutmeg Book Award (nominee) |
Audience |
Grs 5 up. |
Summary |
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." |
Note |
Includes excerpt from Curse of the bane. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 9.0 101692. |
Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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Subject |
Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Witches -- Juvenile fiction.
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Apprentices -- Fiction.
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Supernatural -- Fiction.
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Witches -- Fiction.
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Added Author |
Arrasmith, Patrick, illustrator.
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Added Title |
Spook's apprentice
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ISBN |
0060766204 |
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9780060766207 |
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