The Boggart
By Susan Cooper
Characters of the book
• Jessup Volnik is a very smart 10 year old boy, with brown
hair and brown eyes. He loves to use computers.
• Emily Volnik (Jessup’s sister) is a 12 year old girl with
blonde hair and brown eyes. She has a good sense of
humor and enjoys going to her dad’s theater.
• Robert Volnik (Father of Jessup and Emily) is a cheerful
man with thinning brown hair and a grey beard. He is the
artistic director of a theater.
• Maggie Volnik (wife of Robert) is lean and a little taller
than Robert she runs an antique shop called “Old Stuff”
• Tommy Cameron is a 12 year old boy who lives in
Scotland and is a friend of the Boggart.
Summary
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The main setting is in Scotland. It is set in al little town with an island
near it. On the island is Castle Keep. Castle Keep is an old, run down
castle. The other main setting is in Toronto, Canada. It is set in a big house
in the city. It is a very busy place with lots of noise and it is very polluted.
The story starts off in Scotland. The MacDevon who is Maggie’s relative
dies. Maggie Volnik inherits a castle and every thing in it, including the
Boggart. The Boggart is an invisible creature who lives to play tricks on
people. Maggie goes to the castle and accidentally brings the Boggart
home. The Boggart starts playing tricks on people. The Boggart can’t talk
English but he can read and write Latin. They want him to leave because
he plays tricks on people. The Boggart becomes home sick. He gets mad
that he can’t get home and he hides in Jessups computer. The kids change
their minds about the Boggart and befriend him. The Boggart almost dies
but he gets taken out of the computer and put on to a disk that is sent back
to Scotland. We would not recommend the book because it was too slow
moving and got boring fast!
Flow Chart
• 1.The MacDevon Dies, the Volnik family inherits
a castle in Scotland.
• 2.The Volnik family travels to Scotland and meets
Tommy Cameron and visits the castle.
• 3.The Boggart slips into a roll-top desk and is
accidentally shipped to Toronto.
• 4.The Boggart plays tricks on people and becomes
friends with Emily and Jessup.
• 5.The Boggart gets stuck in a computer and
shipped back to Scotland in a disk.
How The Book Should’ve Ended
• The group thinks that the book should have ended
with the Boggart staying in Canada. Instead of the
Boggart going to Scotland in a disk, he should
have stayed with his new found human friends,
Jessup and Emily. They should give him a taste of
the good old U.S.A. Then they should return the
Boggart to his home so he can be with all his
friends in Scotland. Maggie and her family should
also go and live in Scotland with the Boggart.