Monday, December 31, 2012

The Boggart

by Susan Cooper

This is a very cute children's book.  I expected it to be more adult considering that this is the author of The Dark is Rising but what I got was a charming children's story about a young girl and her adventures with a boggart.  His victim, Emily, turns out to be unscarable, but together they come up with a lot of fun ideas to scare the living daylights out of the community

Audience:
3rd-5th grade

What I Love:
The whole story is just charming.  I think it's the only children's story I've ever read (except Anne) that takes place in Canada.

Cautions:
This is one of the stories where the kids get away with murder.  There are some consequences, but overall their mischief is celebrated.  Also, there are some pretty dumb grown-ups

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