A Plague of Bogles
Written by Catherine Jinks
Narrated by Mandy Williams
4.5/5
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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.
Catherine Jinks
Catherine Jinks grew up in Papua New Guinea and now resides in New South Wales, Australia. She is a three-time winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award and has received the Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian children's literature. Her popular works for young readers include the Evil Genius series, The Reformed Vampire Support Group, and the trilogy that began with How to Catch a Bogle. Visit her website at www.catherinejinks.com.
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Reviews for A Plague of Bogles
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5...dark doings in high and low places!Boggles are back! Sarah Pickles, Jem Barbary's nemesis is maybe near or faraway, dead or alive. Children are going missing near Newgate Prison.I must admit to being a longtime Catherine Jinks fan. Her Bogle world draws us in on a different plane. Bogles are the stuff of terrifying nightmares. No need to look under the bed for these child-eating monsters because they are dwelling in those dreadful places that none of us would wish to be. Set in Victorian London when children were still used as chimney sweeps or sent into dark dank cellars to fetch and carry it seems many are disappearing at an alarming rate. Boggles seem to be clustering, not the solitary hunters that they were.A plague is lurking in the sewers of London and all are unaware.A missing child here or there. Plenty of reasons they say...and yet!Jem, our former pick pocket is in the thick of things. He's more or less talked himself into being Alfred Bunce's apprentice even though Alfred has retired. Jem is unsure of his place, longing to belong, and sees this as his chance.Birdie is taking singing lessons, yet appears to be feeling stultified and trapped.Miss Eames is here sure and confident, yet somehow a tad off. Yet she comes through dispute her disapproval of the goings on and Birdie's involvement.I really like the glossary of terms of all things to do with Bogles and the dark side of London.Did you know that a 'cracksman' is a burglar, and that a 'flam' is a lie? All very useful!A NetGalley ARC
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Yet another London urchin series. CD has much to answer for. Jem, on the search for his ex-handler who sent him to be boggle food, connects a bar maid with a boggle problem to a retired boggle hunter and becomes an apprentice boggler's boy. Boggling and near escapes abound.