Charlie Bone and the Shadow
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
3.9
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Jenny Nimmo
The enchanter Count Harken is back to take his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie Bone's family! Charlie's ancestor has been kidnapped and imprisoned in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock, and it's up to Charlie to save him. Traveling through a painting to the terrifying countryside, Charlie and his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, take up the quest. But when Runner Bean gets trapped, Charlie needs the help of his friends. Can they get past an army of trolls, rescue Runner Bean and Charlie's ancestor, and get out before it's too late? Can Charlie outwit Court Harken and his sinister troops, or will the prisoners be doomed to being held captive in Badlock forever? Jenny Nimmo is an award-winning author who lives with her painter husband in a converted mill in Wales. Her books include THE SNOW SPIDER, winner of the Smarties Prize, EMYLN'S MOON, THE CHESTNUT SOLDIER, and GRIFFIN'S CASTLE, which was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, and the W.H. Smith's Mind Boggling Award. THE OWL TREE won the Smarties Gold Prize Award for six- to eight-year-olds, and THE CHARLIE BONE books have repeatedly found their way on to bestseller lists.
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Author
Jenny Nimmo
Pages
429
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published Date
2008
ISBN
0439846692 9780439846691
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"I had to listen to this as an audiobook since they don’t have a hard copy at the library. I liked the narrator’s voice, Simon Jones, especially when he does the voice for cranky old Grandma Bone hahaha! It’s been a while since I read the previous books so I don’t remember much of what happened before. <br/>All I know, is I liked the creativity Jenny Nimmo put into magical people seeing as we already had Harry Potter. She put her own spin on the children and how the private school they went to taught magical things. Such as them having their capes be different colors based on their magical talents and that they had a special room for the kids who were descendants of the main magical people. I also like the Flames, I’d want a trio of cats like that.<br/><br/>This story was all right, not really had me captivated but enough to want me to keep listening. I hope I get to learn more about who the red knight is in the next book, it has me interested in learning who it is. Either way, this was a good leisurely book to read, don’t really need to think too hard about hidden meanings, metaphors, or symbolism."
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