Rise of the Huntress (Last Apprentice Series #7)

by Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator)

Overview

Things can never be the same again.

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers. The Spook's house is in ruins, the boggart protecting it has fled, and the malicious witches imprisoned in the gardens have escaped.

Tom, Alice, and the Spook must flee, too, across the ocean to the island of Mona. And it's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful. Will they be able to vanquish an evil that crawls beneath the ground itself? At what cost?

Will Tom and the Spook ever be able to return home?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061715105
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	08/17/2010
Series:	Last Apprentice Series
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	6.44(w) x 11.06(h) x 1.46(d)
Lexile:	780L (what's this?)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Joseph DELANEY is the author of the internationally best-selling The Last Apprentice series, which is now a major motion picture, Seventh Son. He is a former English teacher who lives in the heart of boggart territory in Lancashire, England. His village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Last Apprentice series: “The Last Apprentice series continues to be one of the best written of the last several years.

ALA Booklist

Anything but tame.

Horn Book (starred review)

A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The County is at war and the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward; his master; and Alice return home from Greece to find the Spook's home—and his priceless library—burned to the ground. Fleeing invading soldiers, they cross the sea to the island of Mona where they must face the new threat of a "buggane," as well as that of their old foe—and Alice's mother—the witch, Bony Lizzie. There is little in this seventh installment of Delaney's series that feels new, although Tom's role, as Alice points out, is growing as his master's is fading. Mr. Gregory is not the force he once was and Tom makes more than one reference to his sadness at seeing his master so low and defeated. Delaney continues to explore what is the most interesting theme in his series: whether the fight against evil ever justifies the use of "dark" magic. By the end of the book, with the buggane (a shape-shifter that sucks out a person's life force then feasts on the shell that is left behind) and Bony Lizzie vanquished, the Spook and his young helpers realize they must next fight the Fiend (the devil himself) and contact Grimalkin, the witch assassin, for an uneasy alliance. Delaney's narrative tends to tell more than show, and consequently, this set-up for the next book in the series is quickly summarized. The pact with Grimalkin should prove fascinating and if this adequate installment is a necessary step to get there, the series' fans will happily take it. Reviewer: Vikki Terrile

VOYA - Vikki Terrile

"A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment."

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Anything but tame."

Horn Book

A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment.

The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books