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The Spook's Curse

Book 2

Joseph Delaney author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:2nd Jan '14

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Warning: Not to be Read After Dark! The second installment in The Wardstone Chronicles.

The Spook's Curse is the second book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles – over 3 million copies sold worldwide!
‘By now the dark has noticed you and will be trying to hunt you down . But deep in the catacombs beneath Priestown lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat – the Bane.

The Spook's Curse is the second book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles – over 3 million copies sold worldwide!
‘By now the dark has noticed you and will be trying to hunt you down . . .’
It's the job of the Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, to protect the County from the dark. But deep in the catacombs beneath Priestown lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat – the Bane. As they prepare to battle it, yet another deadly enemy emerges to threaten Tom and his master.

'An evocative, spine-tingling sequel to the Spook's Apprentice.' -- Amanda Craig * The Times *
'Tom Ward is back in another eerie, spine-tingling adventure...you'll love getting lost in this spooky tale.' * Funday Times *
Really impressed by [this] . . .genuinely creepy . . . very pacy . . .the characters were very believable. -- Damian Kelleher * Radio 4 Front Row *
'Full of scary moments which will get the hearts of even the most fearless readers pounding, while keeping them glued to the action.' * Lancashire Evening Post *
'Readers who were spellbound by the goings-on in 'The Spook's Apprentice' will be equally engrossed by this sequel.' * Waterstone's Quarterly *

ISBN: 9781782952466

Dimensions: 199mm x 132mm x 30mm

Weight: 306g

448 pages