The Sorcerer's Academy: The Dark Apprentice

by Toby Miller

Seven heroes. Ten armies to defeat. Ten power sources to collect. An evil wizard, trying to take over the world. And an awesome battle ship. Let’s do this.When the Sorcerer's Academy is attacked by rogue wizard, Randall, the Academy’s leader, Lord Barrison, sends out seven gifted kids to stop him. Will they succeed, or will the Academy be over-run by the forces of evil?This fictional work of rising star author, 13-year-old Toby Miller, has been received with much critical acclaim.Here’s what the critic* had to "Seriously, Toby, you want to do more writing?!?""Oh, OK, it's not that bad.""Are those two going to get together or what?""Jamie is so OP! What’s that about? Hang on, underwear...""Ooooooo, that's intriguing."A final word from the “Thank you to all my fans, who will be rushing to buy this book. I promise to buy you both an ice cream.”* The “critic” is the father of the author, whose comments can be ignored at will

Genres: Picture Books

245 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Chair of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at University of California, Riverside. His research interests include film and TV, radio, new media, class, gender, race, sport, cultural theory, citizenship, social theory, cultural studies, political theory, cultural labor, and cultural policy. He is editor of Television & New Media and Social Identities, editor of the book series Popular Culture and Everyday Life (Lang); he has also been chair of the International Communication Association Philosophy of Communication Division; editor of Journal of Sport & Social Issues; and co-editor of Social Text, the Blackwell Cultural Theory Resource Centre, and the book series Sport and Culture (Minnesota) Film Guidebooks (Routledge) and Cultural Politics (Minnesota). Miller has taught media and cultural studies across the humanities and social sciences at the following schools: University of New South Wales, Griffith University, Murdoch University, and NYU.

Reviews

[mica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, as much as I love this book, I have to admit that it is still very much a story of its time. I reread it mainly because something reminded me that it existed, (there's an illustration in the book that has lived rent-free in my brain since my sister got it out of the library when I was around four years old), and, honestly, this is one of those moments where as a child, this book was amazing but as an adult, ok, it's less amazing, but I still love it because of what it is.