The Boggart
What's The Boggart About
When Emily and Jess Volnik’s family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart – an invisible, mischievious spirit who’s been playing tricks on residents of Castle Keep for generations. Then the Boggart is trapped in a rolltop desk and inadvertently shipped to the Volnik’s home in Toronto, where nothing will ever be the same – for the Volniks or the Boggart. In a world that doesn’t believe in magic, the Boggart’s pranks wreak havoc, particularly for Emily, who is accused of causing psychic disturbances. And even the newfound joys of peanut butter and pizza and fudge sauce eventually wear thin for the Boggart. He wants to go home – but his only hope lies in a risky and daring blend of modern technology and ancient magic.
What Kind of Book is The Boggart
What Should I Know As a Parent
Families are unique and have different expectations for the books they choose to read. The following are concepts included in this book that some parents may wish to seek out or avoid.
Note that this list is not exhaustive and there may be concepts in this book that are not included or have been insufficiently or incorrectly detailed here.
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The Creative Behind the Book
Susan Cooper is one of our foremost children’s authors; her classic five-book fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her many books have won the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and been shortlisted five times for the Carnegie Medal. She combines fantasy with history in Victory (a Washington Post Top Ten for Children novel), King of Shadows and Ghost Hawk, and her magical The Boggart and the Monster, second in a trilogy, won the Scottish Arts Council’s Children’s Book Award. Susan Cooper lives on a saltmarsh island in Massachusetts, and you can visit her online at TheLostLand.com.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781534420113
- Publication Date
- February 27, 2018
- Publisher
- Margaret K McElderry Books
- Page Count
- 240
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 970L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~W
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~6.4
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