The Spook's Apprentice written by Joseph Delaney, is the first story in the series "The Wardstone Chronicles". The plot centres on a 13-year-old farm boy named Tom who lives in the countryside of The County, loosely based on the English county of Lancashire, where the author resides with his large family. As Tom is the seventh son of a seventh son he is able to see things others cannot, such as boggarts, ghasts, ghosts and others.
