apprentices

"Thomas Ward faces his ultimate test as he and his master prepare to deal with the Fiend once and for all"--Provided by publisher.

When Alice's mysterious Uncle Geryon sends her to help capture a rogue apprentice, a boy who has the same ability Alice has to Read himself 'into' stories, she knows to expect a wild and unpredictable trip. But even though Alice has visited the magical realms inside libraries before, this adventure is far more dangerous. Because Torment, the magic creature holding 'this' library together, has gone mad. But he might also have information about Alice's missing father.

When Dr. Warthrop begins to doubt fourteen-year-old Will Henry's loyalty, he sets him against one of the most horrific creatures in the Monstrumarium unaware that Will's life and his own fate will lie in the balance.

Dr. Warthrop and his new assistant, Arkwright, embark on a journey to search for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology," leaving Will Henry in New York to enjoy a normal life with a normal family, but when Arkwright returns claiming that the doctor is dead, Will travels to Socotra, the Isle of Blood, to see if the claims are true.

In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a New England scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh.

The Messenger of Fear brings justice to those who do wrong, creating frightening games where the players earn their redemption--or lose their sanity--and somehow Mara, fifteen, has become his apprentice.

Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties.".

Elodie, dragon detective Meenore, and the ogre Count Jonty Um travel to Elodie's home on the island of Lahnt. However, when they arrive, they discover a statue that keeps the local volcano from erupting has been stolen. Elodie must use her wits to find the statue before the volcano erupts and destroys her island home.

"Alice TodHunter Moon, now apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus Heap, must locate the Egg of the Orm--a source of great Magyk--before the baby Orm hatches and imprints on the evil sorcerer Oraton-Marr"--Provided by publisher.

"Detective Oona Crate enters the Magician's Tower Contest, a competition of dangerous tasks and obstacles that has never been won"--Provided by publisher.