Joseph Delaney
1) I am Alice
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 12
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice Dean's destiny is intertwined with Tom Ward's. But he's going to be the next Spook, and she's a witch--possibly the most powerful one the county has ever seen. To rid the world of its greatest evil, the Fiend, Alice will venture into the depths of the dark--
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 6
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 7
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Returning from Greece, Tom and the Spook find that their home, including the Spook's precious library of knowledge, has been burned to the ground, and that their battle against the denizens of the dark must continue.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 9
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Provides insights into the life of Grimalkin, one of the deadliest witches in the country, if not the world, whose uneasy truce with the Spook's apprentice, Tom, unites them against the ultimate evil of the Fiend.
6) Slither
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 11
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, and imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Slither lurks in woods and towns, hunting for human blood, but before he can feast on three lovely sisters, their dying father binds the monster to a bargain.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 13
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Thomas Ward faces his ultimate test as he and his master prepare to deal with the Fiend once and for all.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Ready to be presented to the last apprentice, Tom Ward, the spook's notebook contains instructions for vanquishing boggarts, witches, the unquiet dead, and other dark creatures and spirits.
Author
Series
The Starblade chronicles bk. 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Although his apprenticeship was not done when John Gregory died, Tom Ward spent years learning to fight boggarts, witches, demons, and more and feels prepared to be the new county Spook, but while his youth causes many people to distrust him, Jenny is determined to be his apprentice.
10) Lure of the dead
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 10
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Tom Ward and the Spook have bound the Fiend at last. But can a dark creature with so much power truly ever be defeated? It's up to Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, to put an end to the world's greatest evil. Armed with all the skills he's mastered as the Spook's apprentice, Tom must vanquish a god, avenge his master, and protect the person he loves most--Alice--from himself.--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 8
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Apprentice Tom and the Spook for whom he works flee to Ireland, where a powerful witch has joined forces with the dark mages trying to call forth ancient powers to destroy Tom.
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Tom is dismayed when his master the Spook decrees that they will be spending the winter on gloomy and forbidding Anglezarke Moor but soon discovers the reason for his master's decision, as they tangle with two dangerous witches and struggle to keep a dark mage from resurrecting an ancient evil.
Author
Series
The Starblade chronicles bk. 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Tom Ward is now Spook of the county, and with his apprentice, Jenny, he continues the fight against boggarts, witches and terrifying new creatures of the dark. Along with the witch assassin, Grimalkin, Tom and Jenny lead an army into battle against a dangerous enemy -- but it all goes catastrophically wrong. The situation seems hopeless until Alice, Tom's lost love and a powerful witch, appears. But Alice had turned to the dark: can Tom trust her...
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 5
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Thomas Ward has spent two years as the Spook's apprentice. He's faced unimaginable peril, and survived. But a new danger has emerged: an ancient water witch, Bloodeye, is roaming the County intent on destroying everything in her path. To strengthen his skills, Tom is sent to the far north to train with the demanding Bill Arkwright. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh, and his training methods prove to be harsh and...
Author
Series
The last apprentice bk. 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Now thirteen years old, Tom Ward continues his apprenticeship with the Spook as they confront a dangerous bane who can control people's thoughts.
Author
Series
Last apprentice bk. 4
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness.