The Spook's Tale is a prequel companion novella which was released on March 5th 2009 as a flip-book for World Book Day. The books tells a short story of an encounter John Gregory had with a witch as a Spook's apprentice. The same story featured in the flip-book was included in an alternative US companion work titled The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors. The said work includes a short story from the first-person perspective of Alice where she is captured by the Mouldheel witch clan and Grimalkin's Tale, which was later collected in the UK short story collection The Spook's Stories: Witches.
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![[defaults to 250]px](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spooksseries/images/5/59/Tale.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100712042832) Cover of The Spook's Tale/Interception Point flip-book released for World Book Day 2009 | |
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Genre |
Horror, Chiller, Children's Book, Mild Fantasy, Weird Fiction |
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Publishers |
Bloomsbury/Random House Children's Books |
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Release Date |
March 5th 2009 (World Book Day) |
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Pages |
128 Pages |
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Place in the series |
Companion - Prequel |
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Book Description[]
How would you like to train as a spook? I need a brave lad for my line of work . . . The Spook keeps the County safe from creatures of the dark; things that suck your blood and snatch your bones and squeeze the breath from your body. When young John Gregory stumbles into the trap set by a powerful witch, it seems he may possess some spook's skills of his own. But is he ready to face the dark or will his first fight be his last?