Catherine Jinks

How to Catch a Bogle

Birdie McAdam, a ten-year-old orphan, is tougher than she looks. She’s proud of her job as apprentice to Alfred the Bogler, a man who catches monsters for a living. Birdie lures the bogles out of their lairs with her sweet songs, and Alfred kills them before they kill her. On the mean streets of Victorian England, hunting bogles is actually less dangerous work than mudlarking for scraps along the vile river Thames. (See glossary!) Or so it seems—until the orphans of London start to disappear . . .

Praise for How to Catch a Bogle

“In the pitch-perfect narrative, the bogles seem as normal a part of the city’s life as the costers, griddlers, mudlarks, and toffs (a glossary is appended). The first volume of a planned trilogy from the author of the Evil Genius series and the Pagan series, this intense historical thriller is rewarding on its own, but A Plague of Bogles is scheduled to arrive next fall.” –Booklist, starred review

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

September 3, 2013

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Historical Fantasy

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle #2)

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.

Praise for A Plague of Bogles

“The darkly atmospheric setting creates a convincing backdrop for the frightening action scenes and flavorful period dialogue.” –Booklist

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

January 27, 2015

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Historical Fantasy

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Margaret Connolly & Associates

The Last Bogler (How to Catch a Bogle #3)

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. Yet 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.

Praise for The Last Bogler

“The final book of the trilogy contains everything that made the first two so appealing: finely drawn characters and engaging action sequences all set in the richly described Victorian setting.” –School Library Journal

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

January 5, 2016

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Historical Fantasy

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Margaret Connolly & Associates

Evil Genius

Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s fourteen and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon. Although Cadel may be advanced beyond his years, at heart he’s a lonely kid. When he falls for the mysterious and brilliant Kay-Lee, he begins to question the moral implications of his studies. But is it too late to stop Dr. Darkkon from carrying out his evil plot?

Praise for Evil Genius

“As the complex deceptions that have shaped Cadel’s life come to light, his emotional unraveling and awakening will likely engross readers.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Jinks fills out the cast with brilliantly conceived friends and adversaries . . . Cadel rides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain.” –Kirkus, starred review

“Whiplash-inducing suspense writing will gratify fans of Anthony Horowitz’s high-tech spy scenarios.” –Booklist, starred review

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

April 1, 2008

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

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Margaret Connolly & Associates

Genius Squad (Genius #2)

Now that the Axis Institute for World Domination has been blown up; the founder, Dr. Phineas Darkkon, has died; and Prosper English (who enrolled Cadel in the first place) is in jail for myriad offenses, Cadel Piggott has round-the-clock surveillance so he’ll be safe until he testifies against Prosper English. But nobody seems to want Cadel. Not Fiona, his social worker; not Saul Greeniaus, the detective assigned to protect him. When he is approached by the head of Genius Squad—a group formed to investigate GenoME, one of Darkkon’s pet projects—Cadel is dubious Genius Squad can offer him a real home and all the technology his heart desires. But why can’t he bring himself to tell Saul what the group is really up to? And how can Genius Squad protect Cadel once Prosper English breaks out of jail?

Praise for Genius Squad

“Readers who loved Evil Genius will find this sequel as gripping, devilish and wonderfully dark as its predecessor . . . fresh twists and eyebrow-raising, technologically over-the-top antics.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Pulse-pounding . . . Cadel makes an uncommonly memorable protagonist . . . the author’s ability to craft vivid characters and engrossing action scenes continues unabated.” –Kirkus, starred review

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

April 6, 2009

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

Genius Wars (Genius #3)

Boy-genius Cadel Piggot has a new name (Cadel Greenaius), a new family, and a new life. No more illegal hacking, no more false identities, and most of all, no more Prosper English. But when his best friend Sonja is attacked, it’s up to him to figure out who was behind it. Before he knows it, Cadel is crossing oceans and continents, barrelling back into the depths of the criminal activity he thought he’d left behind, and coming face to face with Prosper English once again. Can Cadel track down Prosper before it’s too late? And what rules will he have to break in the process?

Praise for Genius Wars

“Cyber-espionage takes both front seats in this conclusion to the outstanding Genius series….the climax is taut, absorbing and tantalizingly ambiguous.” –Kirkus, starred review

“Full-throttled plot….will command the attention of even non-techie readers until Jinks’s final plot twists wind to a close.” –Horn Book

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

September 27, 2010

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

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Margaret Connolly & Associates

Saving Thanehaven

Noble is a knight with a heart that’s true and, well, noble. With his not-so-trusty sword, Smite, he fights his way through a vicious, unfriendly landscape, sure (or at least, he thinks he’s sure) that one day he’ll defeat the bad guys (whoever they are) and win the heart (at least he guesses that’s the idea) of a beautiful princess. Then one day Rufus comes along and turns his world upside down. Rufus has his own ideas about how to get ahead: don’t fight, negotiate! Don’t play by the rules! Suddenly, life is more interesting—and less painful—than ever before. But the new rules are harder to live by than the old ones, and suddenly, it appears possible that Rufus might have an ulterior motive—at the very least! With a slippery, ever twisting plot that is set inside a very confused computer, Catherine Jinks’s latest novel will pull in fans of adventure, computer games, and just plain fun.

Praise for Saving Thanehaven

“Jinks successfully delivers life lessons from gaming, and has a lot of fun along the way.” –School Library Journal

Publisher

Egmont USA

Publication Date

July 9, 2013

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

The Paradise Trap

A boy . . . a witch . . . and a totally sinister paradise: that’s what Marcus gets when his mom rents a scuzzy trailer and parks it near a dirty, noisy beach. Some vacation! Marcus would rather play video games anyway, but when he discovers a staircase underneath the trailer, it looks as if he may be in for some kind of multilevel, multiplayer experience controlled by a complete nightmare of a witch. It’s just like a game—except it’s all too real.

The author of Evil Genius spins a brilliantly compelling yarn of a journey into a dark and twisted land—because once you enter the Paradise Trap, there’s no guarantee that you’ll ever leave!

Praise for The Paradise Trap

“A breathless escapade.” –Kirkus

“Jinks (the Evil Genius series) combines a plot filled with surreal twists and turns with a dash of Greek mythology in a novel that hits the mark on both the humor and horror fronts.” –Publishers Weekly

Publisher

Egmont USA

Publication Date

April 24, 2012

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group

When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At Featherdale Wildlife Park. In a dingo pen. He assumes that his two best friends are somehow responsible, until the mysterious Reuben turns up, claiming that Toby has a rare and dangerous “condition.” Next thing he knows, Toby finds himself involved with a strange bunch of sickly insomniacs who seem convinced that he needs their help. It’s not until he’s kidnapped and imprisoned that he starts to believe them—and to understand what being a paranormal monster really means.

Praise for The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group

“Jinks has hold of a clever idea and a solid sense of humor.” –Publishers Weekly

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

April 4, 2011

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Paranormal Fantasy

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Margaret Connolly & Associates

Living Hell

What happens when a single moment changes everything? For seventeen-year-old Cheney, life on earth exists only in history books. He and more than one thousand other people have known life only aboard the Plexus spacecraft: self-contained, systematic, and serene. But that was before the radiation wave.

Now Plexus has suddenly turned on them, becoming a terrifying and unrecognizable force. As the crew dwindles under attack, Cheney and his friends need to fight back before the ship that’s nurtured them for so long becomes responsible for their destruction.

Praise for Living Hell

“Jinks’ well-thought-out environs and rational characters help ground this otherwise out-of-control interstellar thriller.” –Booklist

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

April 12, 2010

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Science Fiction

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

The Reformed Vampire Support Group

Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Think again. Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they have to give up fanging people, admit their addiction, join a support group, and reform themselves.

Nina Harrison, fanged at fifteen and still living with her mother, hates the Reformed Vampire Support Group meetings every Tuesday night. Even if she does appreciate Dave, who was in a punk band when he was alive, nothing exciting ever happens. That is, until one of group members is mysteriously destroyed by a silver bullet. With Nina (determined to prove that vamps aren’t useless or weak) and Dave (secretly in love with Nina) at the helm, the misfit vampires soon band together to track down the hunter, save a werewolf, and keep the world safe from the likes of themselves.

The perfect anecdote to slick vampire novels, this murder-mystery comedy of errors will thrill fans of Evil Genius.

Praise for The Reformed Vampire Support Group

“Jinks’s signature facility with plot and character development is intact as she turns to the topic of vampires . . . Throwing in delicious details and aperçus, the author works her way from the murder of one of the vampires to suspense and adventure of the sinister yet daffy variety beloved by readers of Evil Genius. The plot twists, more ornate than in previous works, ramp up the giddiness—and, perhaps, camouflage the corpses, blood and other byproducts of the genre.” –Publisher Weekly

“Jinks’s quirky sense of humor will appeal to fans of her Evil Genius series. Those tired of torrid bloodsucker stories or looking for a comic riff on the trend will feel refreshed by the vomitous, guinea-pig-drinking accidental heroics of Nina and her pals.” –Kirkus

Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

April 20, 2009

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Paranormal Fantasy

Rights

Margaret Connolly & Associates

Babylonne

Exotic and exciting, this unflinching coming-of-age tale featuring a headstrong heroine weaves a vivid tapestry of life in the Middle Ages.

Early thirteenth-century Languedoc is a place of valor, violence, and persecution. At age sixteen, Babylonne has survived six bloody sieges. She’s tough, resourceful, and — now that her strict aunt and abusive grandmother intend to marry her off to a senile old man — desperate. Disguised as a boy, Babylonne embarks on an action-packed adventure that amounts to a choice: trust the mysterious Catholic priest — a sworn enemy to her Cathar faith — who says he’s a friend of her dead father, Pagan. Or pursue a fairy-tale version of her future, one in which she’ll fight and likely die in a vicious war with the French. Though Babylonne never knew her irreverent father, fans of Catherine Jinks’s novels about Pagan Kidrouk will be sure to see the resemblance in his feisty daughter.

Praise for Babylonne

“Fans of Jinks’s Pagan Kidrouk, featured in four earlier novels, will enjoy this story.” –School Library Journal

Publisher

Candlewick

Publication Date

November 11, 2008

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Historical Fantasy

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