Boggart

By: Susan Cooper

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Hardcover | 27 February 2018

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The mischievous Boggart comes up with some new tricks to stop an American developer from ruining his beloved island in this delightful romp from Newbery winner Susan Cooper.

Magic is once again afoot in Scotland when Allie and Jay visit their grandfather and are eagerly greeted by the Boggart, an ancient sprite, and his cousin Nessie, formerly known as the Loch Ness Monster. Things are rarely peaceful with two boggarts around, but this time a real estate developer is the one disturbing the quiet, a man named Trout.

Trout is building a luxury resort, and is desperate to buy up everything in town—including Allie and Jay’s family store. He’s willing to do almost anything to raze the store to the ground. But with his beloved family under attack, the Boggart doesn’t stay silent for long: soon bulldozers are driving themselves into the loch, and surveying flags are floating off into the sky, but Trout is unmoved. When Nessie tries to scare him by transforming into the Loch Ness Monster, Trout is delighted—what a tourist attraction he’s found!

Allie, Jay, and the Boggarts will have to use all of their wiles to outsmart the developers and save their home—even if it means waking up all the Old Magic creatures. Even the deadly ones.

Industry Reviews

"[T]he generations of family members and the timeless Scottish spirits are portrayed with finesse...The setting makes a powerful background, and its heritage and folklore provide story elements that are interwoven with modern-day reality in an unusually seamless fashion. A welcome addition to the Boggart series."--Booklist Online "Cooper's well-crafted prose and pacing will engage readers, who will thrill to the cast of 'Old Things' they meet."--School Library Journal "Cooper deftly weaves ancient Scottish lore into an imaginative contemporary tale with an ecological twist, while the Boggart remains as comical, fey, unpredictable, and thoroughly entertaining as ever...The Boggart is back to delight a new generation." --Kirkus Reviews

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