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Margaret K. McElderry Books, June 2004
Trade Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0689869304
ISBN-13: 9780689869303
Grades: 3 - 7
Awards and Nominations
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Booklist Editors' Choice
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (VT)
- Horn Book Fanfare
- Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor Book
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalist
- Notable Children's Trade Book Language (AR)
- School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
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Description
Centuries old and housands of miles from home
When Emily and Jess Volnik's family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart -- an invisible, mischievous 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 Volniks' 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. 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.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review A comfortably old-fashioned story...splendidly comical.
Examiner.com, April 18, 2009
...other parts of a story that seemed to be missing from Coraline. His writing now seems reminiscent of Susan Cooper, author of The Boggart, and has slight echoes of E. L. Konigsberg, author of From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E ...
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