Bibliograph

A plague of bogles, Catherine Jinks

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A plague of bogles, Catherine Jinks

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

7 years and up

Literary Form

unknown

Main title

A plague of bogles

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

883256331

Responsibility statement

Catherine Jinks

Summary

"This is top-notch storytelling, full of wit, a colorful cast of rogues, and delectable slang." 'Publishers Weekly, starred review of How to Catch a Bogle Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles'until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who kills the child-eating monsters that hide in the shadows of Victorian London, needs a new apprentice. As more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves waging an underground war in a city where science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in every alley

Target audience

primary

Classification