The Spook's Secret
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| The Spook's Secret | |
 Book cover for The Spook's Secret |
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| Author | Joseph Delaney |
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| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Wardstone Chronicles - UK The Last Apprentice - America |
| Genre(s) | Children's Fiction |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Publication date | 6th July 2006 |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-370-32827-2 |
| Preceded by | The Spook's Curse |
| Followed by | The Spook's Battle |
The Spook's Secret is the third book in the Wardstone Chronicles series. In America, this is called "The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul-Stealer". The spooks takes his apprentice (Tom) and Alice (a familiar witch that wants to keep a eye on) to his winter house in Anglezarke where Meg Skelton, the Domestic Lamia Witch, and her Feral Lamia sister, are kept in under lock and key.
[edit] Plot Summary
In this third and terrifying instalment in the Wardstone Chronicles, the nights are drawing in and it's time for Tom and his master to move to Anglezarke, the Spook's winter house. Tom has heard it will be a sinister and menacing place but nothing could fully prepare him for what he finds there. For this house, and indeed the whole of Anglezarke moor is full of secrets about the Spook's youth. Secrets that are about to come to the surface and could wreak havoc on the whole county.
[edit] Characters
The main characters include:
- Meg Skelton (Domestic Lamia Witch)
- Thomas James Ward (Spook's apprentice)
- Mr Gregory (Spook)
- Alice (Thomas' friend and familiar witch)
- Jack (Thomas' brother)
- Ellie (Jack's wife)
- Mam (Mother of Jack and Thomas, suspected lamia witch.)
- Dad (Father of Jack and Thomas)
- Morgan (Necromancer/mage, previously Spook's apprentice)
- Mr and Mrs Hurst (Step parents of Morgan)
- Andrew (Spook's brother, locksmith)
- Shanks (Delivers the spook's supplies)
- Golgoth (name means lord of winter in old tongue)
- Marcia (Megs sister, feral lamia witch)
[edit] External links
| The Wardstone Chronicles |
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| Books in the series: The Spook's Apprentice | The Spook's Curse | The Spook's Secret | The Spook's Battle | The Spook's Mistake |
