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The Spook's tale and other horrors / Joseph Delaney ; illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith.

Last apprentice : the Spook's tale and other horrors (other title)
Delaney, Joseph, 1945-2022 (Author). Arrasmith, Patrick, (illustrator.).

Summary:

As sixty-year-old John Gregory reflects on the past, he reveals how the world of ghosts, ghasts, witches, and boggarts was exposed to him and he later became the Spook, even though his first intention had been to join the priesthood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061730313
  • ISBN: 0061730319
  • Physical Description: 166 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Greenwillow paperback edition
  • Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Horrors begin -- Spook's tale: Dead apprentice -- Witch's lair -- Spook's bones -- Blood dish -- Silver chain -- Alice's tale: Mouldheels and maggots -- Grimalkin's tale: Witch assassin -- Gallery of villains.
Target Audience Note:
820L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 4 131223.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.6 4.0 131223.

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Subject:
Witches > Fiction.
Adolescence > Fiction.
Witches > Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Paranormal fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Fantasy fiction.

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