Children of the Red King
Series of fantasy novels by Jenny Nimmo
Children of the Red King is a series of ten children's fantasy, school and adventure novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Egmont 2002 to 2010. It is sometimes called "the Charlie Bone series" after its main character. A series of five books was announced in advance, completed in 2006, and sometimes the books were called the "Red King Quintet" until its continuation.
A prequel trilogy, Chronicles of the Red King, has been published, which tells the story of the Red King.
Two follow up books, Henry and the Guardians of the Lost and Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers, were written a few years after the prequel trilogy.
Contents
Children of the Red King comprises ten novels. All were first published by Egmont Books and the first 8 with cover art by David Wyatt. The first two were released in paperback editions, the following 6 were released in hardcover.
Midnight for Charlie Bone (January 2002)
The Time Twister (October 2003)
The Blue Boa (April 2004)
The Castle of Mirrors (June 2005)
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (June 2006)
Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf (June 2007)
Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock (September 2008)
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (October 2009)
In the United States, the books were released with the following titles (variants shown by bold type):
Midnight for Charlie Bone (March 2003)
Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (September 2003)
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy (July 2004)
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (July 2005)
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (May 2006)
Charlie Bone and the Beast (May 2007)
Charlie Bone and the Shadow (September 2008)
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (May 2010)
Henry and the Guardians of the Lost (September 2016)
Gabriel and the Phantom Sleepers (October 2018)
Plot summaries
Midnight for Charlie Bone
In the first novel, 10-year-old Charlie Bone discovers that he has a special power. After accidentally encountering a photograph of a missing baby, Charlie begins to hear the voices of people in photographs.
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