For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Twenty-nine apprentices have tried some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He’s the last hope, the last apprentice.
Young Adult (ages 14-18)
Material appropriate for young adults
Flora Segunda
Fourteen-year-old Flora Fyrdraaca, whose mother is the Warlord’s Commanding General and whose father is mad, kindly helps her house’s magical–and long-banished–butler, unaware that he draws strength from the Fyrdraaca will.
The New Policeman
Irish teenager J.J. Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na n’Og, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed.
I Am The Messenger
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
Burning For Revenge
The Tomorrow series #5. The journey to Stratton isn’t an easy trip, especially when the enemy’s headquarters lie somewhere on the way. And that’s exactly where Ellie and her friends unwittingly find themselves right in the middle of a heavily fortified airfield.
The Boyfriend Rules Of Good Behavior
Millie and her artist mother move away from their best friends to a new town, where her mother gets a proper job and a boyfriend, and Millie learns to cope with all the changes.
Breathe
Undine is excited about leaving Tasmania for a trip to see her father in Greece but conflicted about using the magic that wells up inside her and confused about her personal relationships, including the one with her best friend, Trout.
Kalpana’s Dream
While an English class of 7B students at Wentworth High in Australia struggle with a six-week essay assignment answering, “Who am I.” one child’s great-grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to follow her dream.
Set In Stone
The alternating narratives of art tutor Samuel Godwin and governess Charlotte Agnew, who work for the wealthy Farrow family in 1898 England, reveal the secrets that almost everyone in the household is hiding.
Urchin And The Heartstone
The mistmantle chronicles book two
As the inhabitants of the island of Mistmantle prepare for the coronation of Crispin the squirrel, robes are stitched, cakes are baked, wine is brought up from cellars, and the Heartstone is readied. Urchin finds himself journeying to a hostile island, where the maniacal King Silverbirch and his sorcerer await him.