Charlie Bone & the Beast/Red King Series - Nimmo
Charlie Bone is a series that is every bit a good as Harry Potter! If you haven't read it, you are in for some great reading! Nimmo doesn't use quite the extensive vocabulary that Rowling does, but the story is so wonderful. I just finished Charlie Bone and the Beast. From the card catalog: "When Asa Pike, a Bloor's Academy student, goes missing, twelve-year-old Charlie Bone suspects a new classmate, the magically gifted Dagbert Endless, of foul play."
I am waiting my turn at home to read Charlie Bone and the Shadow. I understand that CB and the Wilderness Wolf will be out soon! Someone put some good and reliable information on Wikipedia about this series--I have used their description and referenced it below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bone#Children_of_the_Red_King:
The protagonist of the series is Charlie, a 12-year-old boy endowed with supernatural talents to converse and "visit" people contained within photographs or paintings.
As a result of his endowment, Charlie is sent to Bloor's Academy, a weekday un
ordinary school for those endowed with magical, artistic, dramatic or musical talents. While he makes enemies among the owners, the Bloors, who persist in mayhem and havoc as they attempt to bring every endowed person under their control, he also makes a significant number of friends who assist in his attempts to preserve the good.
The series follows Charlie as he aids those who have been persecuted by the Bloors, and searches for clues to his father's disappearance many years ago. Jenny Nimmo originally intended to write only the first five novels, and the primary storyline is resolved in those five, but later decided to also write a trilogy focusing more on the evil children.
http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/
The protagonist of the series is Charlie, a 12-year-old boy endowed with supernatural talents to converse and "visit" people contained within photographs or paintings.
As a result of his endowment, Charlie is sent to Bloor's Academy, a weekday un
ordinary school for those endowed with magical, artistic, dramatic or musical talents. While he makes enemies among the owners, the Bloors, who persist in mayhem and havoc as they attempt to bring every endowed person under their control, he also makes a significant number of friends who assist in his attempts to preserve the good. The series follows Charlie as he aids those who have been persecuted by the Bloors, and searches for clues to his father's disappearance many years ago. Jenny Nimmo originally intended to write only the first five novels, and the primary storyline is resolved in those five, but later decided to also write a trilogy focusing more on the evil children.
http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/
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