The Magician's Apprentice Geordie a young dragon is chosen by Merlin the Wizard to become his apprentice. The story follows Geordie through his first few months of training in mixing healing potions for the villagers and developing his magic ability under the watchful eye of Merlin. One morning Merlin tells Geordie that he has to go away to help a friend fight a Dark Wizard who is trying to take his kingdom. Geordie is to be left in charge of the running of the castle and village while Merlin is away. Geordie soon masters the ordinary day to day stuff and finds he has plenty of time to teach himself to fly and improve his magic skills. The tale gets darker with the return of a defeated Merlin closely followed by the Dark Wizard, his Demon and a mighty army who try and storm the castle. Merlin is captured by the Dark Wizard and all Geordie’s magic skills and courage are put to the test when he is forced to become Merlin’s Champion and fight a duel to the death with the Demon. http://lespenhaligan.com/

Devon Taylor helped fashion a local street magician called Harry Marvel into the well-known illusionist Harry Marvelous. In the seven years they’ve been together, Devon has worked alongside Harry onstage as his apprentice. To Devon, Harry is an incredibly sexy older man, and the love they share is nothing less than pure magic. But in today’s world, even children find it hard to believe in magic. When Devon overhears a teenager mocking Harry before a show, he invites the boy on stage to help out with Harry’s famous disappearing act. Unfortunately, the boy really does disappear on his way back to his seat after the performance. When the show is over, Devon and Harry find themselves confronted by security. Harry insists his illusions aren’t real, but does Devon know something Harry doesn’t?

From award winning author Kate Banks, and with pictures from Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis, a magical parable for readers who ask big questions Baz has always dreamed about following his two older brothers out of his dusty little town, so when a stranger comes to his family's home and asks him to be a weaver's apprentice, Baz is eager to start his journey. But when he reaches the village of Kallah and starts his apprenticeship, Baz learns that his master is very cruel. And when the master trades Baz to a magician for a sword, Baz expects no better from his new owner. But as Baz travels with this kind-hearted and wise magician, their journey takes him across the desert, up a mountain, and into the depths of life's meaning. He learns to re-examine his beliefs about people, the world, and himself, discovering that the whole world is connected and no person can ever be owned.

The first book in the enormously popular Riftwar series follows young Pug, an apprentice magician, who is soon to fulfill a great destiny in a war that will divide worlds.

In 1264, Jean of Toulouse, a young French student and friar accused of heresy by the Inquisition, is sent to Oxford to spy on the scholarly monk, Roger Bacon, who is suspected of being a heretic for his advanced scientific ideas.