#152 in Young adult
The Spook's Battle
- 532
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Spook’s Battle” is a rich, genuinely creepy fourth volume that readers often rank among the best of “The Wardstone Chronicles”. It goes further into the apprentice’s family, his master’s background and the witches, with no shortage of villains. Some parents reading it aloud wonder whether it is too frightening for younger children. Confident young readers who enjoy a shiver will not mind its five hundred-odd pages.
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About the book
Spook's, published as The Last Apprentice in the United States, is a children's dark fantasy series by the English author Joseph Delaney. It is published by imprints of Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom and HarperCollins in the United States. The series has been published in 30 countries, with sales exceeding 4.5 million copies. It began in 2004 with The Spook's Apprentice, which was later adapted as a play script, a feature film titled Seventh Son, and a French graphic novel.
Reading order · The Wardstone Chronicles
Full order & progress →- The Spook's ApprenticeStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's Curse
8.08.0 / 10 - The Spook's Secret
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's BattleThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Spook's Mistake
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's Sacrifice
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's Nightmare
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's Destiny
–Not ranked yet - I Am GrimalkinI Am Grimalkin–Not ranked yet
- The Spook's Blood
–Not ranked yet - Slither's TaleSlither's Tale–Not ranked yet
- Alice
–Not ranked yet - The Spook's Revenge
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 90 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 38% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 5 | 6% |
| Google Books | 10.0 | 5 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 80 | 89% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Spook's Battle for?
The Spook's Battle sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 532 pages — longer than 76% of the ranked books in Young adult.
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