How to Catch a Bogle
Catherine Jinks, illustrated by Sarah Watts
ISBN: 9780544087088
Juv historical fantasy: Street-level London victoriana features an angel-voiced child as bogle bait.
Read last summer
I could have sworn that I reviewed this book when I read it, but I guess I missed it.
Birdie is the cream of the crop. She's not a street-sweeper, or a thief, or a ragpicker or a mudlark, or even a lace or flower maker. Oh no. She's better than all those street trash, because she has a real job. She's a bogler's girl, and she's the best that ever was. Her voice is clear and childlike, and her courage is strong. Besides, she's got to take care of Alfred, the old bogler. He needs someone to care for him.
But Birdie has come to the attention of a lady academic, who is also taking an interest in the world of bogling, and pretty soon, Birdie is going to have to make some hard decisions about her life.
Really solid storytelling, excellent characters, and the bogles are creepy as hell. Reminded me strongly of Y.S. Lee's (also excellent) Agency series, or of Berlie Doherty's Street Child.
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