by Jenny Nimmo · Egmont Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749748883
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«Midnight for Charlie Bone» is the children's and young adult fantasy novel by Jenny Nimmo, published by Egmont Books Ltd in paperback (345 pages, in English).
Charlie Bone discovers he can hear the voices of people in photographs. His great-aunts send him to Bloor Academy, a boarding school for children with special gifts. There, among strict rules and classmates with powers, Charlie investigates the disappearance of a baby and the secret of a young woman kept under hypnosis.
It is the first novel in the series «The Children of the Red King», which consists of eight books; it was originally published in 2002 in English.
For young readers aged 9 and up and for those seeking fantasy and mystery in a boarding school.
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.
