Books with title The Spook's Apprentice

All Josiah wants is a little excitement. His work as an apprentice fuller is boring, and playing in the mill’s machinery isn’t that dangerous. Everything goes fine—at first. All right, he’s lucky the wizard Elkan and his familiar, a donkey named Sar, are there to save his life. Even better, when his furious master fires him, Elkan offers him a job as his assistant. Josiah jumps at the chance. Traveling around Tevenar for a year, meeting all sorts of interesting people, helping the dedicated young wizard and clever donkey serve them with the Mother’s healing magic—what could be more fun? But Josiah soon learns that while matters of life and death may be exciting, they’re seldom fun. Impulsive actions, even when taken with the best of intentions, can have devastating consequences. And some choices have the power to change the future of Tevenar forever.

Oliver, the meek son of a wealthy British industrialist, discovers the identity of a notorious thief, a man who has been skillfully evading Scotland Yard and snatching priceless artifacts for sport: Mr. Scant, his family butler. After first fearing for his life, Oliver discovers Mr. Scant's secret within a secret: the butler's crimes are actually a series of strikes against an underground group of business tycoons trying to master black magic.

1593. South of London Bridge.“Get away! As far as you can get! Across the sea if you can. Master Gorelick will send his men after you. They will never stop looking until they find you. And when they get you … when they get you …” said Nat’s father. 11- year old Nat Rowan must escape from his father’s jailer. He leaves his home in Holbourne and crosses the bridge to Southwark where he finds refuge with an apothecary, the Old Master. “You could be safe here Nathaniel Rowan,” said the Old Master. “You could learn more about maggots and spiders and all the good things that come from the earth.” There he can hide but becoming the apothecary’s apprentice becomes more perilous than he has bargained for.His rival, Sally, is determined to jeopardize his position and test the Old Master’s patience by sabotaging his treatments. The preacher Comberford and Doctor Zee are convinced he will bring a multitude of troubles upon them.Close encounters with Gorelick’s henchman, Pockmark produce terrifying consequences. Even his adventure with his friend, Pegleg Jack at the Shippe ends with unexpected tragedy. Can Nat survive life in Tudor Southwark, away from the comfort of his previous existence or will his tormentor, Gorelick, the feared Master Surgeon catch up with him?

What would you do if you discovered nothing was as you thought, and the fate of your friends, perhaps even the world was in your hands?That’s the reality Peter must face in this award-winning middle Grade novel, The Viking’s Apprentice.Campbell’s Cove is a small town surrounded in mystery and intrigue. The history of the Cove tells us of dragons, trolls, goblins and the evil Master who stole children, livestock and, strangest of all, eggs from the Cove every year. Aided by the hideous monster, Tolldruck there seemed no stopping their evil plan.That was until, centuries ago, a Viking warrior came to Campbell’s Cove and vowed to rid it of all evil, and claim the prize offered by the mysterious church elders. The Viking succeeded and everything returned to normal. The evil was gone, and Campbell’s Cove was safe again… Until now.Voted #1 'Smart Novels to Read Your Kids'When Peter and George visit Peter’s Granddad’s amazing mansion in Campbell’s Cove for the summer holidays they had no idea it would change their lives forever. Deep beneath them in the caves of the Cove an evil has returned, an evil which threatens to destroy everything they believed to be true about the world.Peter must learn who he really is, and what he must do to save the children of the Cove. Together with George and his Granddad they go on a journey that reveals secrets, test friendships and confronts their biggest fears. Can Peter save the children? Can the Master be stopped? Find out in The Viking’s Apprentice.For the rest of The Viking's Apprentice series, and to join in on the journey, be sure to visit:KevinMcLeodAuthor.com

Robin West is a normal teenager living in a normal town, but when she finds out that Gram Madder makes hexes, her life gets far more complicated than she ever expected. What is a hex? It’s a painting that has the power to make things happen—or to stop things from happening. At least that’s what some people in town believe. Targeted by intolerant neighbors, Robin must protect herself and her loved ones from a force greater than she could have ever imagined.

Luke Appleby Ward is your average ten year old boy. He likes hanging out with his best friend Tommy, climbing trees and building Lego. Life is perfectly ordinary until Miranda Weatherspoon arrives looking for the granddaughter of Myrtle Appleby, an extremely powerful witch.Miranda makes an amazing discovery. Somehow Myrtle’s magic has bypassed Luke’s older sister, Sally. For the first time in the history of witchcraft the magic has chosen a boy - Luke Appleby Ward. Training to be a boy witch was never going to be easy and there are plenty of obstacles in Luke’s way. The wizards try to witchnap him, his coven is less than enthusiastic, his teacher routinely forgets to train him, his grandmother wants her magic transferred to Sally and on top of that he can’t seem to use a wand.Keeping his magic and avoiding his grandmother will take all of Luke’s skill, a lot of luck and plenty of help from his reluctant coven

Clumsy Smurf’s not quite himself after he mixes up the wrong potion!In this 8x8 storybook based on the classic Smurfs, Clumsy Smurf is tired of not being allowed to help around Smurf Village because he’s so clumsy. He thinks that if he learns how to make magic potions like Papa Smurf, the other Smurfs might respect him more. Papa won’t let Clumsy be his apprentice, so Clumsy sneaks into the lab. When the potion Clumsy creates turns him into a green monster, his friends are afraid of him—and Clumsy realizes that being himself isn’t so bad. In fact, it’s pretty smurfy!© Peyo - 2013 - Licensed through Lafig Belgium – www.smurf.com