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The Last Bogler
(2014)(A Very Singular Guild)
(The third book in the City of Orphans trilogy series)A novel by Catherine Jinks
The hunt is on for child-eating monsters in Victorian England in the “wonderfully crafted fantasy series” (School Library Journal).
With the plague of bogles in Victorian London barely contained, bogle hunter Alfred Bunce needs all the help he can get. So Ned Roach becomes a bogler’s apprentice, luring child-eating monsters from their lairs just like his friends Jem and Birdie. It’s dangerous work that takes Ned into mysterious and hidden parts of the city.
But times in London are changing. As the machine age emerges, the very existence of bogles is questioned, and the future of bogling is in jeopardy. And the stakes get even higher for the team of boglers when an old enemy appears—a threat that may be deadlier than any bogle…
“[A] richly atmospheric adventure trilogy.”—Booklist
Genre: Children's Fiction
With the plague of bogles in Victorian London barely contained, bogle hunter Alfred Bunce needs all the help he can get. So Ned Roach becomes a bogler’s apprentice, luring child-eating monsters from their lairs just like his friends Jem and Birdie. It’s dangerous work that takes Ned into mysterious and hidden parts of the city.
But times in London are changing. As the machine age emerges, the very existence of bogles is questioned, and the future of bogling is in jeopardy. And the stakes get even higher for the team of boglers when an old enemy appears—a threat that may be deadlier than any bogle…
“[A] richly atmospheric adventure trilogy.”—Booklist
Genre: Children's Fiction
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