Jenny Nimmo
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Series
Children of the Red King volume 8
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs.
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Series
Children of the Red King volume 1
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English
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Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.
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Children of the Red King volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Magically-gifted Charlie Bone, accompanied by his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, comes to the rescue when the enchanter Count Harken takes revenge on the Red King's heirs by kidnapping and imprisoning Charlie's ancestors in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock.
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Series
Chronicles of the Red King volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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It is years since King Timoken, his sister Zobayda, and his friends settled in the enchanted Red Castle, but now they are all threatened by the evil beyond the castle's protective spells and it will be up to two of Timoken's nine children, Petrello and Tolomeo, to find out which of their siblings is the traitor in their midst, and defeat their enemies.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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When Asa Pike, a Bloor's Academy student with the ability to change into a beast at dusk, goes missing, twelve-year-old Charlie Bone suspects a new classmate, the magically gifted Dagobert Endless, of foul play.
Author
Series
Chronicles of the Red King volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil viridees, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In January 1916 Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the year, and all Henry wants to do is hide from his mean cousins and play marbles. He finds a nice, long hall and begins to roll his marbles. Then he discovers a marble that doesn't look familiar to him. Suddenly a series of strange events takes place. Henry begins to disappear. He quickly...
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Series
Children of the Red King volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Charlie and his friends unite to rescue Ollie, a boy who was turned invisible and made to live in the attics at Bloor's Academy more than a year ago, but they are hindered by a mysterious new student who lives with Charlie's aunts.
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Children of the Red King volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Charlie faces his most dangerous adventure yet when the shadow from the Red King's portrait escapes. Strange things start to happen at Bloor's Academy. A mysterious force, however, is helping Charlie get closer to the truth about his father.
11) The snow spider
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his ninth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.
12) Emlyn's moon
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Nia, the middle girl in a large Welsh family, discovers her own special artistic talent as she uncovers the dark secret shared by the Llewelyn and Griffiths families.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.
Author
Series
Chronicles of the Red King volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Timoken has been living in apparent safety at Castle Melyntha with his sister, Zobayda, but when he is betrayed and attacked, he is forced to flee into the forest with his magic camel and the wizard Eri, leaving his sister behind.
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English
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The second book in the Children of the Red King series, Time Twister offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read. January 1916: Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the year, and all Henry wants to do is hide from his mean cousins and play marbles. He finds a nice, long hall and begins to roll his marbles. Then he discovers...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The second book in NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author Jenny Nimmo's new series chronicling the origin and the adventures of Charlie Bone's magical ancestor, the Red King!
Timoken, a magician king, has found a new home in a castle in Britain. But when an evil steward takes control of the castle, he imprisons Timoken and wreaks havoc on surrounding villages. With the help of Gabar, the talking camel, Timoken escapes and embarks on a quest...
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 1
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Edition
1st Scholastic ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
ix, 401 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.
18) Griffin's Castle
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Orchard books edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After years of having moved around, eleven-year-old Dinah determines to make a huge, dilapidated old mansion into a home for her mother and herself, but the wild beasts she summons from a stone wall to protect her may also imprison her.
Author
Series
Children of the red king volume 6
Publisher
Dean
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Things seem to be looking up for Charlie Bone, pupil at Bloor's Academy for gifted children. But then a strange howling starts to the terrify the town, and mysterious strangers are following Charlie. When a classmate disappears, Charlie and his friends do all they can to find him, but someone at the school has other plans..."--back cover.
Author
Series
Children of the red king volume 3
Publisher
Dean
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There's a strange new student at Bloor's Academy for gifted children. Like Charlie Bone, who can hear pictures speak, Belle has a magical talent - but she's keeping it a secret. Does Belle have something to do with the mysterious creature that is haunting the halls of the school? And what about the boy who vanished all those years ago? Charlie is desperate to discover the truth, but it seems that not everyone wants the mystery to be solved..."--back...