The Boggart
by:
Susan Cooper (author)
Omar Rayyan (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781416905271 (1416905278)
Publish date: May 31st 2005
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Humor,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Scotland
Series: The Boggart (#1)
I'm not sure who that ghoul on the left side of the cover is supposed to be - maybe a young Tommy Wiseau. But the fascinating cover is not the only reason I picked up The Boggart. It's because: Susan Cooper, scotland, boggart.It's a lighthearted story with an emotional core (really!). The boggart in...
This isn't an amazing book, and it certainly didn't interest me the way that many of Cooper's books do, but I liked it. I read it when I was younger, and I thought it was charming, without being condescending. That's a rare gift in children's books nowadays.There's little to no action in it, and it'...
Susan Cooper, most famous for her heavily mythic 'Dark is Rising Sequence', returns to light-hearted storytelling.It's a simple story about a Canadian family that suddenly inherits a castle in Scotland. After going over to see it, and taking home some mementos, they accidentally bring home a boggart...
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