by Jenny Nimmo · ISBN 9782070615469
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«Charlie Bone et la bille magique» is the fantasy novel by Jenny Nimmo, published by Gallimard jeunesse in paperback (350 pages, in French).
Charlie returns to Bloor Academy and comes across his great-uncle Henry, an eleven-year-old boy trapped in the future by a magic marble. Charlie and his friends with powers must protect him. Also, Grandma Bone takes in a girl, Uncle Vassili flees with Charlie's wand, and the children of the Red King search for an invisible boy in the attic.
Second installment of the series The Children of the Red King, originally published in 2003 as Charlie Bone and the Time Twister; this French edition is from 2008.
For readers of children's and young adult fantasy, with the French edition recommended from age 9.
Jenny Nimmo is a British author of children's books, including fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. Born in England, she has lived mostly in Wales for 40 years. She is probably best known for two series of fantasy novels: The Magician Trilogy (1986–1989), contemporary stories rooted in Welsh myth, and Children of the Red King (2002–2010), featuring schoolchildren endowed with magical powers. The Snow Spider, first of the Magician books, won the second annual Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the 1987 Tir na n-Og Award as the year's best originally English-language book with an authentic Welsh background. The Stone Mouse was highly commended for the 1993 Carnegie Medal. Several others of hers have been shortlisted for children's book awards.
