His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for geniuses where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor’s Academy. 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. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking! Genre: Childrens Books, Science Fiction, FantasyĪ magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. of chases or violence 15% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 45% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 25% Descript.Title: Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King #1) Supposedly, the girl is at Bloor's Academy.Ĭlick here to see the rest of this reviewĬlick on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Composition of Book Descript. She gives a box which inside it, has the only thing that can wake the baby (who is now a 10 year old girl) from the deep sleep that she has been put under.
The woman who gave the photo to him was the woman in the picture who rejected the baby, but now she wishes she had it. Onimous, Charlie was able to return the photo to the right owner in exchange for his own.
From the help of 3 odd cats and a mysterious man named Mr.
But aside from that, nothing much is going well. He does make friends, two boys named Fidelio Gunn and Billy Raven and a girl named Olivia Vertigo. They send him to Bloor's Academy, a school for the endowed or talented. Grandma Bone calls the Yewbeam Aunts, Lucretia, Eustacia and Venetia, to give Charlie a test to see whether he is endowed or not. So far, most of Charlie's family on his dad's side have gotten these powers, but Grandma Bone and her sisters, the Yewbeam Aunts, were convinced that Charlie was normal. Charlie's family is descended from the Red King, a powerful magician and some of his descendants got passed on some of his powers. Charlie tells his Grandma Bone and mother and Grandma Bone is immediately pleased. The man is persuading the woman to take the baby, but the woman is refusing. Worst of all, he can hear their voices talking. Instead of his photo of his friend's dog which he was going to use as a birthday card, he finds a photo of a man, a woman, a baby and a cat. The only thing is that it isn't his photo. Charlie Bone's life is normal until one day when his mother comes home with a photo that he had enlarged at Kwik Foto.
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