#83 in Children’s books
The Spook's Curse
- 455
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Spook’s Curse” continues a dark fantasy series for children, full of witches and ghosts and steeped in a mysterious mood. Its pull lies in watching Tom, the Spook’s apprentice, learn a dangerous trade. Some readers dislike the Spook himself, object to how the story portrays women, Alice among them, and find its moral world too black and white. Begin with “The Spook’s Apprentice”.
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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 CurseThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - The Spook's Secret
7.97.9 / 10 - The Spook's Battle
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 8.0 across 123 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 46% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Children’s books average of 7.9. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 10 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 113 | 92% |
Frequently asked
What age is The Spook's Curse for?
The Spook's Curse sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 455 pages — shorter than 63% of the ranked books in Children’s books.
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