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313 pp.
| Houghton |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-08708-8$16.99
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Sarah Watts.
In this quasi-Victorian fantasy, apprentice Birdie uses her clear singing voice to lure child-eating bogles out of hiding so her master Alfred can destroy them. Then the worst happens: Birdie is captured by dreadful Dr. Morton, who thinks nothing of feeding children to bogles to further his megalomaniacal aims. Jinks is an assured storyteller: character, plot, and style develop with buoyant, pleasing momentum. Glos.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2013