Charlie Bone and the Beast

I really enjoyed this latest book by jenny nimmo (although I always wonder if her last name is owwin spelled backwards). All of our villains make great showings in this book.Two new villains are introduced, Dagbert Endless whose talent is to drown people and Aunt Venetia's new stepson who has the ability to move stone. They and the rest of the bloor's crew are out to prevent charlie from saving Asa who angered the bloors by changing sides in the last book. Now that the red king's tree and charlie's dad have awakened all craziness is breaking loose. Dagbert is especially interesting as he is developing new powers throughout the book and we see he needs gold sea figurines to control himself, although we don't know why. The book feels as if it is the beginning of a new series of adventures so don't expect all of the new questions to be answered An altogether delightful book.

I have purchased all of the Charlie Bone books for my grandson (age 9). He loves them all and has reread them all at least once.

jenny nimmo brings a world of fasination, mystery and a need for another book with charlie bones and the friends of special talents. each book brings a great adventure for all her readers.

I thought this was Jenny Nimmo's best book yet, and I've read them all. It was well-written, with a good, exciting plot and storyline. The characters were well developed and I liked them. I thought it was a satisfying continuation of the series' story.

This was another good title in the Charlie Bone series. This is a series for intermediate readers who have exhausted their copies of the Harry Potter Books. Charlie is an "endowed" student at Bloors Academy in England like Harry but it is not magic with everyone having the same powers or degrees of power. All of the children who are endowed are descendants from the Red King but not all of the students at the school are endowed. Each has diffrent powers. Charlie can hear the voices of people in paintings or photographs and can even venture into the picture it's self. Lots of villians and good guys to enjoy.