Midnight for Charlie Bone

Jenny Nimmo

Orchard Books, 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 401 pages

A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking.

The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy.

Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead.

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User Review  - benuathanasia - LibraryThing

Enjoyable but very forgettable.

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User Review  - Cheryl_in_CC_NV - LibraryThing

Is this series going anywhere? My son highly recommends it, but so far it's doing nothing for me....

About the author

Jenny Nimmo is the author of the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling Children of the Red King series as well as GRIFFIN'S CASTLE, THE DRAGON'S CHILD, and the award-winning Magician Trilogy, all published by Orchard Books. Several of her books have been awarded and shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award. She lives with her husband in an old mill in Wales.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Midnight for Charlie Bone; Book 1 of Children of the Red King, Jenny Nimmo; Book 1 of Nimmo, Jenny
• Author: Jenny Nimmo
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Orchard Books, 2003
• ISBN: 0439474299, 9780439474290
• Length: 401 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / School & Education