The Boggart

Brief Description: After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Publisher Marketing: 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. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations:

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/1994 pg. 56 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/1995 pg. 443 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Booklist 01/15/1993 pg. 907 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 01/01/1993 pg. 96 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1994 pg. 869 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1994 pg. 1352 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2000 pg. 449 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 443 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1991 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 12/14/1992 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 588 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 651 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 807 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 977 (EAN 9780689505768, Hardcover)

Ingram Children's Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 45 (EAN 9781416905271, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 588 (EAN 9780689869303, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 651 (EAN 9780689869303, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 807 (EAN 9780689869303, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 977 (EAN 9780689869303, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780689801730, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2000 pg. 449 (EAN 9780689801730, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 443 (EAN 9780689801730, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/07/1995 (EAN 9780689801730, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780606073059, Prebound-Other)

Contributor Bio:  Cooper, Susan SUSAN COOPER is the Newbery Award-winning author of dozens of books, including "The Boggart "and the acclaimed The Dark Is Rising series.