Copyright Date:
2013
Edition Date:
2014
Release Date:
01/28/14
Illustrator:
Arrasmith, Patrick,
Pages:
398 pages
ISBN:
Publisher: 0-06-219235-3 Perma-Bound: 0-605-73817-3
ISBN 13:
Publisher: 978-0-06-219235-6 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-73817-1
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2012042032
Dimensions:
21 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Horn Book
(Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2013)
Slither, a creature from the brutal Kobalos land far north of hero Tom Ward's county, agrees to transport two young sisters to safety in exchange for ownership of the eldest sister, Nessa. Alternating Nessa's voice with Slither's is necessary to keep readers' sympathies engaged in perhaps the darkest Last Apprentice book yet. As usual, black-saturated pages are the illustrations' hallmark.
School Library Journal
(Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)
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Word Count:
59,329
Reading Level:
6.5
Interest Level:
5-9
Accelerated Reader:
reading level: 6.5
/ points: 10.0
/ quiz: 158435
/ grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!:
reading level:5.6 /
points:15.0 /
quiz:Q61121
Lexile:
870L
Guided Reading Level:
W
Fountas & Pinnell:
W
The eleventh volume in the spine-tingling, best-selling Last Apprentice series. In Slither, Joseph Delaney takes us far from the county, to a land where a spook has never set foot and where terrifying creatures of the dark thrive. Slither is one of these monsters, and Book 11 is his tale.
Slither has never heard of Tom Ward, the Spook, or Alice Deane. He thirsts for blood. He takes it from whatever he wants, animal or human. And he has his eyes on the home of a farmer and his three daughters. With his dying breath, the farmer offers Slither a bargain. If Slither will take his two youngest daughters to safety, the eldest daughter is his. A journey of horrors begins . . . and along the way Slither will meet Grimalkin, who is still searching for a way to destroy the Fiend for good.
The eleventh volume in the series that inspired the major motion picture Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, and Ben Barnes.