The Spook’s Revenge: Book 13 (Spooks) (33 page)

‘The
Wardstone Chronicles
is the best and most interesting series I have ever read. I loved the way
The Spook’s Destiny
was set in Ireland because I am from there. I hope you keep writing new and interesting books!’
Mark Coughlan

‘I began to fear and love the books as I read them. I’ve grown up loving Tom, being jealous of Alice and fearful of – yet adoring – Mr. Gregory. The
Wardstone Chronicles
are everything I love about literature and when they end I shall re-read them again and again because great stories like this one should never end.’
Hailey Tumilson

‘The Spook’s series are my favourite books. At first the message on the back worried me and I was too scared to read them after dark, but then I got so into them that it was the quickest I’ve ever read a book (just a few days!).’
Lucy Morgan

‘I would love to get my name in the last Spook’s book it will mean a lot to me. I got my first book when I was 7 and have been following them ever since!’
Samuel Livesey

As the wind blows and night draws on

The witches lay their eyes upon

The Fiend, a monster, the one and only,

The devil himself, so evil and unholy.

The monster in the flesh, standing in all his glory.

The villain that’s told of in bedtime stories,

And as he told the witches he’d rule the County

They told him of an enemy who made them quite rowdy.

Tom was the name they all despised

One witch said he’d beat him, though he’s just a boy.

The Fiend was upset to later hear

If he killed this boy, his lifetime rule would disappear.

So he sent his best assassins to make sure the boy died

None returned, though he heard they all tried.

So the Fiend got an idea, if he joined the boy

The places they could rule, the enemies they’d destroy

But Tom refused for his heart was pure

He stopped the devil there and then and said he’d hear no more.

So he went on with his apprenticeship to the local spook.

This is the plot summary of my favourite books.

A Spook’s Poem
By Nathan Prunty, Age 14

Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire. He has three children and nine grandchildren, and often speaks at all sorts of events. His home is in the middle of boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.

Most of the places in the Spook’s books are based on real locations in Lancashire, and the inspiration behind them often comes from local ghost stories and legends.

You can visit the
Wardstone Chronicles
website at
www.
spooksbooks
.com
where you can find Joseph’s blog and more information on the books.

BOOK ONE:

THE SPOOK’S APPRENTICE

BOOK TWO:

THE SPOOK’S CURSE

BOOK THREE:

THE SPOOK’S SECRET

BOOK FOUR:

THE SPOOK’S BATTLE

BOOK FIVE:

THE SPOOK’S MISTAKE