The Boggart
by:
Susan Cooper (author)
In a tumbledown castle in the Western Highlands of Scotland lives the Boggart. He is invisible -- an ancient mischievous spirit, solitary and sly, born of a magic as old as the rocks and the waves. He has lived in Castle Keep for centuries, playing tricks on the owners. But the last Scottish...
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In a tumbledown castle in the Western Highlands of Scotland lives the Boggart. He is invisible -- an ancient mischievous spirit, solitary and sly, born of a magic as old as the rocks and the waves. He has lived in Castle Keep for centuries, playing tricks on the owners. But the last Scottish owner has died and left the castle to his great-nephew Robert Volnik of Toronto, Canada. The Volnik family -- including Emily and her nine-year-old computer genius brother Jessup -- visit Castle Keep, and when they return to Toronto, they unwittingly take the Boggart with them. The astonishments, delight, and horrors that invade their lives with the arrival of the Boggart fill this swiftly moving story. The collision of modern techology and the Old Magic brings perils nobody could have imagined -- and, in the end, an amazing and touching solution to the problem of the Boggart who has found himself on the wrong side of the ocean. Sometimes extremely funny, sometimes wildly scary,and always totally absorbing, this remarkable story -- brilliantly imagined and beautifully written -- marks the return of the Newbery Award winner Susan Cooper to the field of novels for young readers. An outstanding achievement, The Boggart will work its special magic on all who read it.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780689832512 (0689832516)
Publish date: December 12th 2001
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
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...