Revenge of the witch /
Joseph Delaney ; illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith.
- 1st American ed.
- New York : Greenwillow Books, c2005.
- 344 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
- The last apprentice ; bk. 1. .
- Delaney, Joseph, 1945- The last apprentice ; bk. 1. .
First published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head under the title, The spook's apprentice, 2004.
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."