Revenge of the Witch (2005) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Thomas Ward: Twelve-year-old boy living on his family's farm. He is the seventh son of a seventh son, which gives him extra powers needed to battle the things that go bump in the night.
• John Gregory: Gregory is the current Spook in the County and has spent the past several years looking for the apprentice to replace him, but the twenty-nine apprentices he's taken on before Tom have been disappointing. Gregory has a mysterious past and doesn't talk much, but we learn more about him as the story goes on. He finds that Tom is a very promising apprentice.
• Mam: Tom's mother. Mam is a very mysterious woman hailing from Greece. Not much is known about her until much later in the series. She knows that Tom will change the world.
• Alice Deane: Alice is the niece of a witch called "Bony Lizzie". She becomes Tom's good friend. However, she wears pointy shoes. Girls who wear pointy shoes is one of things the Spook warned Tom against.
• Bony Lizzie: She uses bone magic, a type of necromancy involving the bones of dead enemies. She takes care of Tom's witch friend.
• Mother Malkin: One of the most sinister witches, who used blood magic, a type of witchcraft that involved draining the blood of anyone she thought could have useful features.
• Jack: One of Thomas Ward's brothers, Jack is the eldest and is married to a woman named Ellie. He resents Thomas after he gets taken in by the local Spook.
• Ellie: Jack's wife.

Quotes edit see section history

• “Do not read this after midnight.”

  Joseph Delaney

• “The Spook's trained many, but precious few completed their time, and those that did aren't a patch on him. They're flawed or weak or cowardly. They walk a twisted path taking money for accomplishing little. So there's only you left now, son. You're the last chance. The last hope.”

  Mam

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• England: Though never directly named, the land in which the Last Apprentice takes place is England.
• Chipenden
• Pendle
• County

Organizations edit see section history

• Spooks: They fight off the scourges of the counties.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Curse of the Bane.

Preceded by The Last Unicorn, and followed by Lord Foul's Bane.

Followed by Curse of the Bane.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Joseph Delaney (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator)
2. Chad W. Beckerman (Designer)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Could be scary for younger kids

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Spine-Chilling Horror
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12

Movie Connections edit see section history

• The Seventh Son (IMDb): TBA

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