The Boggart and the Monster
core novel 1997 The Boggart
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.73 (1,015 ratings, collected 2026-10-08) |
| Page count | 185 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780689869310 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Several years after Emily and Jessup Volnik managed to send the wayward Boggart home from Toronto, the Canadian children return to Scotland to see their friend Tommy and the Boggart's Castle Keep. The mischievous spirit is delighted, and takes them north to Loch Ness to help a friend in trouble: Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, who is not a monster at all but another boggart, one who long ago took the shape of a great prehistoric creature and has been stuck in it, and in the loch, ever since, having forgotten how to change back. With a scientific expedition hunting the monster with sonar and cameras, the Boggart and the children must help Nessie remember what she is before the humans catch her. The second book, which won the Scottish Arts Council's children's book award.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Boggart
- Series: The Boggart core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Susan Cooper
Awards (verified)
- Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award, 1998: won; Per the publisher's author note; year of presentation taken as the year after publication.
Notes
- From the series record (The Boggart): Susan Cooper's comic trilogy about a boggart, a mischievous, invisible, shape-shifting spirit of Scottish folklore who has haunted Castle Keep on Loch Linnhe for centuries, and the Canadian family who inherit the castle and, with it, him.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Boggart: position 2 of 3: previous The Boggart (1993) · next The Boggart Fights Back (2018)
Sources
← The Boggart dossier · All universes
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