Yet, she’s apparently done nothing to ready Tom for any of the dangers and horrors she knows he will have to face.
Indeed, she indicates to Tom’s master that she bore him specifically to serve that purpose. She knows from the time of Tom’s birth what he will become. The woman obviously has some preternatural inclinations-prophesy being among her curiously innate abilities. My biggest qualm regarding the plot centers around Tom’s mother. While not gory or gratuitous in any way, there ARE references to horrific violence committed against women and the brutal murder of small children. Themes of friendship, honesty, courage, resourcefulness, and the extending of grace, all feature prominently.Ĭontent Note:The horror aspects, though relatively brief, may be too intense for a younger MG audience. Delany has constructed a dreary, dangerous world and a sympathetically innocent character with which readers must navigate. The prose is simple yet strong, and the telling is engaging. And he has an awful lot of growing to do if he’s to survive his apprenticeship…Ī gothic, paranormal sort of work that should appeal well enough to the entire range of a YA audience-despite the MC’s technical age. The story is told exclusively in the first-person past tense perspective of Tom Ward, the latest (and allegedly last) apprentice to the local “Spook.” Tom’s heritage and precise birth order (7th son of a 7th son) have qualified him as a banisher of things that go bump in the night. OL275974W Page_number_confidence 90.16 Pages 378 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200805191828 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 668 Scandate 20200724182055 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780060766184 Tts_version 4.A mature middle-grade fantasy-sporting a medieval feel and steeped in an eerie English folklore ambiance which, at times, drifts over the line into horror.
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