The Boggart and the monster vs The Witch Family: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Boggart and the monster The Boggart and the monster Susan Cooper · 1997 ★★★★☆ 3.9 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Light
“UNDER THE COLD dark waters of the loch, seven hundred feet down, mattressed on mud and blanketed with slime, a boggart lay sleeping.”

In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins.

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Cover of The Witch Family The Witch Family Eleanor Estes · 1960 ★★★★☆ 4.0 223 pages · ≈ 4 h 08 m · Light

Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family.

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The verdict

Scores by source

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Goodreads — 4.0 (2863)
Hardcover 3.2 (4) 4.0 (4)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (9) —

Reception

The Boggart and the monsterThe Witch Family
Ratings 9 2863
Editions 14 15
Citations — 6
Want to read — 2508
Reading it now — 60
Written reviews — 168
Pages 185 223

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