The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney (0060766182)
Twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is a farm boy who is apprenticed to the county Spook. As the seventh son of a seventh son, Thomas is able to see things that others don’t. The Spook trains Thomas to fight boggarts, but Thomas finds himself up against a family of witches. Despite the Spook’s warnings to stay away from girls in pointy shoes, Thomas begins speaking with Alice and agrees to do her a favor. But that favor will change his life entirely, making him a target of local witches.
This book is a wild ride of horror for children. It is fantastically done with spine tingling pacing, skin crawling details, and sudden chills. The main characters of the Spook, Thomas, Alice and Thomas’s mother are all well-rendered and complex. The atmosphere of the book is hauntingly vivid, dark and horrible. Give this to kids who enjoyed Goosebumps at a younger age. How wonderful to have a horror book that is a well-written triumph to recommend to young readers.
11 thoughts on “The Last Apprentice”
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Waking Brain Cells 
Your books are awesome
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This Book had me up all night i couldn’t put it down its a fantastic look into the world of a spook. now were called paranormal investigators lol.
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This book is great! It made me scream at some points.
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Great book to read if looking for adventure, suspense, and some fear.
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this book is awesome. i got this one for my b-day, then got the sequel for christmas. i wrote down the scary or creepy parts, i took up a lot of space but thats what i love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I loved this book so much and i loved the second one also is the third one out???
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It’s absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s totally addicting! 🙂
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Looks like the third book is due out in March 2008. It’s title is: Attack of the Fiend!
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THE 3 BOOK IS CALLED NIGHT OF THE SOUL STEALER AND IT COMES OUT IN 4 DAYS
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number three is really good
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I love this book. I haven’t got to the end yet, but I’m pretty close. Lot’s of adventure. It’s also very suspenseful, but I love it. I really can’t stop reading it and I can’t wait to read the next book, afterwards.
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