I thought this book was amazing. It was suspensufl and action packed. ( )

Great book! Lots of suspense and slight horror. I recommend it to anyone! ( )

I really enjoyed this book,Tom is the 7th son of a 7th son and has been apprenticed to the local "Spook' he is the man who takes care of ghosts and witches and such.Although the Spook gives Tom just a few rules, of course Tom breaks a biggy and ends up releasing a very bad witch that the Spook had already taken care of.And so Tom's adventure begins.
This is a good YA or even older Juvenile Fiction.If you are a fan of Harry Potter, Septimus Heap, or even The Ranger's Apprentice I really think you will like this book. ( )

The Spook's Apprentice is Joseph Delaney's first instalment to the children's series 'TheWardstone Chronicles'. The Spook's Apprentice is set through the eyes of young Tom Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son who has been apprenticed to the local spook. Tom is the last apprentice, the last hope and only he can save the county. Tom is taught about witches, boggarts and all other types of stuff that go bump in the night...but, when Tom is hoodwinked by a girl in pointy shoes into unleashing the hell that is Mother Malkin, the horror begins...

Although I am now fifteen years old, I probably should be reading more advanced stuff than The Wardstone Chronicles, and believe me I do, but this series seemed like something I should probably read as it was said to be 'Ideal for the reader who has outgrown Harry Potter'. I believe this comment to be somewhat untrue, the Spook's Apprentice is more for a young audience and I can easily whiz through it in a couple of hours, but i've been reading this series since book one, and I will continue to read it until it finishes.

On the back of the book it remarks 'NOT TO BE READ AFTER DARK' I actually laughed myself silly at this after completing the book. It may appear to be scary to young readers around eight, but I even doubt they would be scared. It provides all of the qualities of a good, lasting, series which I like to think of as the television series Supernatural, only like four-hundred years before. Yes, it's a good book altogether and I have read the rest of the series too and I will read it til the end. :D ( )

first line: "When the Spook arrived, the light was already beginning to fail."

The first in a children's fantasy series, this quick read follows the adventures of a rather timid boy who becomes apprenticed to "the Spook," a man who earns his living by traveling from village to village confronting, confining or confounding all manner of things that go bump in the night. ( )