The Boggart Fights Back

The Boggart is back for a new adventure of magic and mayhem from Newbery winner Susan Cooper.

Magic is in the air when Allie and Jay Cameron visit their ancestors' ancient Castle Keep in Scotland, tucked in its unspoiled loch. The twins wake the mischievous shape-shifting Boggart and his infamous cousin Nessie, of Loch Ness fame. But a summer of fun-loving trickery with the Old Things is invaded by a dangerous real estate developer called William Trout.

Trout has big plans for a luxury resort on the loch, and little care for its people or the law. Bulldozers get to work. The future of the loch, its seals, and all its beauty are threatened. The twins and Angus Cameron, their grandfather, mobilize to save his shop and the loch, but it's soon clear they will need help of a different sort...

In a race against time, the Boggarts recruit help from other Old Things of Scotland: hair-raising creatures of the Wild Magic. But are the Blue Men of the Minch and the Nuckelavee too terrifying for humans to handle? How can they drive out the invader? What's certain is that Mr. Trout is in for a wild ride in this comical, page-turning adventure from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 02/27/2018
ISBN: 9781534406292
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Booklist 11/01/2017 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2018
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 75
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2018 pg. 82
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 502045 / Boggart Fights Back
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8