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The Boggart

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I would give The Boggart a thumbs up! This book is very interesting because of all this trickery and exicitment in it. This book just makes you want to keep turning the pages. When your done you want to read the sequal,(which I hope to read soon!)I think this book is for students in middle school because they are old enough to actually get the essence of the book. If your thinking of getting a book to read in your free time or at school this should be the one if you like myths or fantasies!

emeli and jessup had came back from castle keep they brought a desk with them. later in the book emeli relize that there is a boggart living in there house. the boggart play trick them and he thins to somewhere else and jessup and emeli got in trouble. when the boggart turn into a spider was because he did not wanted them to see him. the boggart also got trap in the train when emeli close the drawerthe boggart couldn't got out.

The main thing that happens in the book is that the Boggart is causing trouble and mischief to the Volnicks family after being shipped to Toronto, Canada from his original home,Castle Keep. He mainly concentrates on Emily and most of all Jessup. The Boggart gooes back home eventually through a copied computer disc. Castle Keep sure has changed but still satisfies the Boggart like it did before.

In this book, Emily and Jessup come to see Castle Keep, and pick put furniture to bring home. By accident, the Boggart gets sent to their home too! With some friendship and courage, can Emliy and Jessup get the Boggart back home?
I enjoyed this book because it was suspenseful and had a few funny parts. If you are into books about magic and tricky ghosts, you are in for a thrill when you read the Boggart, because that's what it's all about!

The Boggart, is written by Susan Cooper. The book is about a boy named Jessup and a girl named Emily. They go to a castle called The Castle Keep with their family. The Castle Keep holds a invisible creature called the boggart. He is full of mischief but, as he was sleeping in Emily's desk, suddenly, the desk was carried back to Canada. Emily and Jessup found nothing at first but found out later about the boggart. They do not know how to get him back. But, something happens that made everyone astonished! I think that the story is fantasy and mystery. The book was entertaining and the point of view changed which made it morre interesting. If you like a fantasy with a mysterious creature, you'll like this book.

The Boggart lived in Castle Keep until he feel asleep in a desk that the Volniks took from the castle to their house. Once the Boggart wakes up he has all kinds of fun with the new entertatinment, such as electricity. Unfortunatly, the Boggart soon wants to go to his home, Castle Keep. I liked this book because the Boggart makes trouble in his own sort of way. I think another person would like this book because it has a lot of action. This stoy is a fiction thriller.

This story is about a family called the Volnik's, and they live in Toronto. to their suprise, they inherite a castle in Scottland. Little did they know of the great magic that lived in the castle... The Boggart! The Boggart is an invisible creature that can't be felt of heard. Somehow he ends up in Toronto and causes great mischief. They have to get him home!
I liked this story because of all the suspense it put me in at the end. The book made want to keep on reading. I was on the edge of my chair. another reason I liked this book and think that others will like it too is because of the visualizations. Susan Cooper put some great pictures in my head as I read.

The Boggart by Susan Cooper.
The Boggart is about a family that inherits a castle with a boggart inside. When the boggart gets trapped in a desk, he gets shipped to Toronto, where the family lives. Then the trouble starts....
The genre of this book is fantasy.
I liked this book because I like books that are fantasy. I think that someone else would like this book because it has a lot of things that make the reade want to read more.

A restless ghost plays tricks on a countless number of people. The Boggart has lived in castle Keep for all his life. Suddenly The Boggart finds himself hopelessly locked in a desk and being transferred to Toronto. There he meets a new family but still continues his reign of mischeif....
The genre of this book is fantasy.
I liked this book becaus of the Boggart alone. He was hilarious! Even though he did harm one person. Everyone should be amazed by the novel. It pulls you in and never lets you out!

Long before Harry Potter would have had us believe that boggarts were spirits that took the form of your darkest fears, Susan Cooper had the right idea. The author of the magnificent and accomplished, "The Dark Is Rising" series (not to be mistaken with the "His Dark Materials" series), Cooper set her sights a little younger with this loving free-flowing tale of the ultimate mischevious creature. Though relying on a couple ideas and motifs that will date this book far more than her better known series ever will, the story is a complete and wonderful accomplishment for an already accomplished artist.

The Boggart is an Old Thing, from the days of dark deep magic. It cannot die and lives only to play pranks and tricks on foolish humans. For countless centuries this particular Boggart has lived in the Castle Keep on an old abandoned island off the coast of Scotland. It loves the land and the man who lives in the castle, but when the old owner dies the Boggart is forced to meet the castle's new owners. That would be Volnik clan, with children Emily and Jessup in tow. The family is Canadian and it is only through a miscalculation on the Boggart's part that they find themselves shipping the wayward spirit back to Toronto where they live. After figuring out that their house is now home to the pranks of a Scottish spirit, the kids set about finding a way to send the Boggart back to his castle and his land.

Cooper's "Dark Is Rising" series always suffered a little from too many descriptions and distractions. Such is not the case here. In "The Boggart" we get to know an array of different characters exceedingly well. The children are interesting and lively without ever disintegrating into brattiness. The parents are delightfully eccentric while remaining loving and concerned. Sixteen year-old Barry (who hangs out with ten year-olds) is a bit odd, so while you feel for him you don't necessarily blame Emily and Jessup's suspicious mom. As for the Boggart itself, it encompasses everything that is wild and untamed. The Boggart is the "other", and that otherness is felt in its sublime British nature. I should note that though Cooper is English by birth, she captures perfectly the feeling Americans and Canadians have on visiting the British Isles. One would almost think she was from our side of the ocean, the way she accurately describes a Yank's reactions to the natural beauty and wonder of the Scottish land.

The only flaw in the book as I see it is the use of computers. Bearing in mind that this story was published in 1993, one has to expect some problems with the plot. Therefore, hearing that a boy's new computer has a black and white screen, or the very description of its computer programs themselves, it's hard not to see that this book is rather out-of-date. Then again, given a little time this book may merely appear to be a piece of historical fiction. No harm there. The book does pull a kind of "Independence Day" scheme where two computers, one in Canada and one in Scotland, apparently are the same make and model and can switch files and games without the book ever saying as much. But these are tiny concerns, honestly.

If you're looking for a tale that incorporates the ancient mystery of the Celts, dark abandoned castles, and a michevious sprite, this is an ideal story. It is a fantasy for those kids that have grown tired of dragons for a little while. And its myriad of different settings (a castle, a home, a theater, an antique shop) are a blast to visit. This is perhaps Susan Cooper's most lovable book. It is certainly worth a look-see.