Delaney, Joseph, 1945-

Curse of the bane / Joseph Delaney ; illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith. - 1st Harper Trophy ed. - New York : Greenwillow Books, 2007, c2005. - 455, 12 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. - Last apprentice ; bk. 2 . - Delaney, Joseph, 1945- Last apprentice ; bk. 2. .

Originally published under the title The spook's curse: Great Britain : The Bodley Head, 2005.

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 School Library Journal, November 2006 Booklist starred, August 2006 Horn Book Starred, April 2007 Horn Book, September 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006 Kirkus Review, August 2006 Kliatt, November 2007

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have been successful in ridding the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts, but they face a much more formidable task when they travel to Priestown to confront the Bane and the Quisitor.

5.7. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.



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Apprentices--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Witches--Fiction.
Occult fiction.


Occult fiction.

PZ7.D373183 / Cur 2007

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