Thomas J. Ward Timeline & Summary

The Spook takes Tom Ward on a trial run. If he succeeds, Tom's to train to be the Spook's witch-fighting apprentice.
The first trial: spending the night in a haunted house.
Tom survives, and gets to live with the Spook for a while.
One day, as Tom is returning from grocery shopping, he's bullied by some thugs in town.
Alice, a girl in pointy shoes, scares them away. She asks Tom for a favor: to deliver three cakes to Mother Malkin, a witch buried on the Spook's property.
Tom delivers two of the cakes, and Mother Malkin breaks free.
Taking responsibility for what he's done, Tom tracks down Mother Malkin and kills her.
Alice's aunt, Bony Lizzie, tries to take revenge and kill Tom, but he and Alice escape together.
The Spook tells Tom to take Alice home to his mam.
At Tom's farm, Mother Malkin, back from the dead, possesses the pig butcher. She tries to kill Tom.
With Alice's help, Tom drives Mother Malkin from the butcher's body. Mother Malkin is devoured by pigs.
Tom and Alice feel like BFFs now. That happens when you kill an evil witch together.
Although the Spook recommends that they bury Alice in a pit, Tom decides to take Alice to her aunt's house. He thinks she might be okay after all.
When he leaves Alice behind, he instantly feels lonely. It's a lonely life, being the Spook's apprentice.