Water Mirror

Water Mirror by Kai Meyer, Elizabeth D. Crawford (Translator)

In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively. Books in this series: Book 1. The Water Mirror -- Book 2. The Stone Light -- Book 3. The Glass Word.

Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice Series #1)

Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice Series #1) by Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustrator)
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." Books in this series: Book 1. Revenge of the Witch -- Book 2. Curse of the Bane -- Book 3. Night of the Soul Stealer -- Book 4. Attack of the Fiend -- Book 5. Wrath of the Bloodeye.

The Seer of Shadows

The Seer of Shadows by Avi
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.

The Magic Thief

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attempt to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet City.