The Spook's Apprentice

by Joseph Delaney

Welcome back to Readascopic.  To find out more about the blog click here.  This time I am writing about a book from another one of my favourite series.

Weapons used by Spooks

This is the first book of the Spooks series in The Wardstone Chronicles.

Rating

*****

This book is about a young boy called Tom who has to train as a Spook and try and save the country.  This is more difficult than it sounds when he gets deceived into releasing a witch.

Tom's master, John Gregory, has served the country for over sixty years and is nearing the end of his career.  Alice Deane  starts off half evil and half good.  She gets Tom into danger but also helps him to overcome it.  There are many more unique characters such as Grimalkin, a powerful witch assassin, who terrifies the rest of her kin.  

In the Spooks series, Tom has to fight off evil witches, boggarts and other nasty things.  He has to fight with his staff, silver chain and also salt and iron; silver really hurts the enemy, salt burns the enemy and iron bleeds away their strength.

To be a Spook you  have to be a seventh son of a seventh son.  Spooks are trained to fight off evil and defend the country.  They learn to use different weapons but rarely use magic.

This book is set in a land very similar to Britain in the early medieval era.  This makes it a story full of daring actions.  Tom has to recapture a malevolent witch and save his family.  This book is a real page turner.  

I like this book because it is full of adventure and action.  However, I want to warn you that it can be a bit scary at bedtime!  


I hope you enjoy reading this book.
Look out for the next post.

The Reada

The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flannagan

Welcome to Readascopic where you will find book reviews by "The Reada".  The aim of this blog is to give young readers some ideas about what to read.  For more info about Readascopic click here.

Saxe knife, bow and arrow, throwing knife

Book 1 of the Ranger's Apprentice Series.

Rating
***** 

This book is about a boy called Will who makes a firm friendship with someone who used to bully him.  He is trained by a ranger called Halt.  Most people think rangers are dark magicians and can make themselves invisible but they just are very skilled at hiding in a camouflaged cloak.

Will learns to use the knives shown above with great skill. They are called saxe and throwing knives but his main skill is in the recurve bow which, as its name suggests, is the bow.  

The main challenge in the book is that Will has to kill two of the most fearsome creatures ever known to human kind.  These are known as the Kalkara.  They are controlled by an evil war lord called Morgarath.  

The book is set in a medieval era in a country very like Britain.  There is a map at the start which shows you where things are.  It helps you get to know your way around the setting in the book.  

I liked this book because it was full of dynamic action and has just the right amount of humour.  

Read more about this book on the author's website here. 

Hope you enjoy reading this book.
Lookout for the next post!

The Reada

About Readascopic

This blog is meant to show you books that you might love to read. It gives you a taste of the book and a star rating on the chosen book and will be posted every time I've finished a book! 

Some of the books on the Readascopic bookshelf

I like books set in a medieval era but I have read some other great books set in the modern age.  These books are mainly aimed at readers who are 10-14yrs old but people of all ages might enjoy them.  

I am a young reader myself and blog under the name "The Reada".  

I might also post other interesting things from time to time, mainly to do with music, chess and films.  I hope you enjoy my posts and start or continue to love reading.

The Reada