Apprentice Academy: Sorcerers: The Unofficial Guide to the Magical Arts

by Hal Johnson, Cathrin Peterslund (Illustrator)

Welcome to the Apprentice Academy. Congratulations on your acceptance to one of the world’s finest institutions for sorcery. Your course of study here will be long and perilous, but this book of sorcery skills and fascinating tales from the world of magic will help you along the way—ideally with all your limbs and wits intact.

Learn how to:
· Read minds!
· Prophesize!
· Perform a love spell!
· Choose an animal familiar!
· Turn anything into gold!
· Summon demons!
· Find a lair!
· And more!

But most of all learn to cheat, or, rather, to weasel through without actually cheating.

Please follow all instructions carefully, as one wrong move can transform your hands into forks or serpents, and then you will have a hard time turning the page.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2023

About the author

I don't think Hal Johnson is a very unusual sort of a guy. He's just — well, the average American citizen and family man, the kind that are the backbone of the nation. I admire him and like him. I like his attitude. Until, that is, he gets behind the wheel of an automobile. At that point he changes. He changes from a careful, considerate citizen — to a menace.

–"Driven to Kill," 1948 driver's safety film.

Reviews

[Samantha Keeney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hooked me immediately! I opened this and felt as if I really was invited to the academy. Although it’s more of a YA or kids book - I still enjoyed it and my 10 year old was enthralled. The illustrations are beautiful as well.

[Jillybean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bet illustrations are great. Not for me as an audiobook though.