Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)
    Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)
    Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)
    Audiobook7 hours

    Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)

    Written by Jenny Nimmo

    Narrated by Simon Jones

    4/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    Charlie and his friends take on the most powerful and dangerous magic in Book Eight of this extraordinary series. As wicked forces come to a head at Bloor's Academy, Charlie and his friends must use all their magic and all their might to fight the evil and save Charlie's parents.

    In his greatest adventure yet, Charlie must discover the fate of his family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and, most important, the destiny of the Red King's heirs. But are the Children of the Red King strong enough to defeat the darkness to find the answers?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2010
    ISBN9780545238922
    Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)
    Author

    Jenny Nimmo

    Jenny Nimmo has been an actor, researcher, floor-manager and script editor for children’s television. Her first book ‘The Bronze Trumpeter’ was published in 1975. ‘The Snow Spider’ won the Tir na N’Og award and the Smarties Grand Prix. Her most recent book, for older readers, is ‘Milo’s Wolves’. Jenny Nimmo was born in Windsor, Berkshire and now lives in Wales with her artist husband and three bi-lingual children.

    More audiobooks from Jenny Nimmo

    Related authors

    Related to Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)

    Titles in the series (3)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    Children's Fantasy & Magic For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The In-betweeners

      Nov 12, 2019

      Two years ago, during the Writing Popular Fiction MFA winter residency at Seton Hill University, a discussion broke out amongst my students in a critique workshop geared toward young adult (YA) writers: They didn’t think YA novels were really written

      6 min read

    Reviews for Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)

    4/5

    155 ratings43 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      The first of the Charlie Bone series. Charlie discovers he has special powers and nothing is the same in his life after that. He is sent to Bloor's Academy where trouble awaits him at every corner.Very quick, fun read!
    • 4/5
      this is a very fun book even for girls. when i was reading this i felt like i was in a mystical world trying to find out the mystery. its kind of like hair potter but i say better and shorter.
    • 2/5
      Midnight for Charlie Bone is the first in the Charlie Bone series. Charlie is a regular kid who lives with his mother, uncle, and two grandmothers. He has a best friend, Benjamin, who lives across the street and while it isn't an easy life it suits him. Then one day Charlie looks at a photo and he can hear the people in the picture speaking. Suddenly Charlie's paternal grandmother and her two sisters are very interested in Charlie. It seems that strange talents run in his family. His Grandmother and Great-Aunts insist that he leave his day school and attend the creepy Bloor Academy boarding school for geniuses. Strange talents are a sort of genius, I guess. Charlie meets wonderful friends and abusive enemies at Bloor. He finds a great mystery of a missing girl and works with his old and new friends and his Uncle Paton to save the little girl and to make things right. A mystery about Charlie's dead father also pops up but is not solved in this book. I figured out who his father is, will you? This book was fun and not very scary.
    • 4/5
      Really good bedtime story, I really enjoyed reading it to my son and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Some similarities to Harry Potter, but a good read. My one problem was all the spelling mistakes and errors in it, really put me off when reading!
    • 5/5
      this book is great for children my teacher suggested it to me and i bought all three books because i enjoyed the first one so muchi would say that the book is for elementary kids, but i can still enjoy now, today.so as it turns out charlie has special powers and he goes to this school for gifted kids and learns how to use them. thats it thats all im saying just read them
    • 3/5
      It's not harry Potter, really it's not! The young boy with the mean relatives only lost ONE of his parents in a mysterious car accident, and he's not a wizard, he's endowed, and the kids at the mysterious bording school get to go home for weekends... ok, it is kind of Harry Potter, or riding that bandwagon, anyway, but it's different, too. It's got a bit more of a mythic feel. Anyway, it was interesting enough that I'll be reading volume #2.
    • 5/5
      I can't help but make comparisons to Harry Potter - what with the 'magic' school, British feel, Young wizards finding their way....But I stop there with measuring them. Charlie Bone stands alone and taken for what it is - does very well. While I think aimed at a young middle school age there are still very dark images and not everyone is as they first seem - or ought to seem.I don't care for Charlie's crappy life at home - yet is does make for entertaining reading.The writing is deft, most of the characters are intriguing, and Charlie Bone is an appealing boy. The story is marred by some predictability, and the role of the endowed in this otherwise contemporary, unmagical society is not clear. Many aspects of the book are not fully thought out, making it less compelling than it might be. But this is the beginning of a series and as it is written with a younger set in mind I think this is purposeful and we will be privy to more information as the series goes on.
    • 3/5
      Mystery, fantasy - first book in the series. Like Harry Potter, young boy discovers he has ability to look inside snapshots and see what was going on when picture was taken. Boy is sent to special school by his weird aunts (the moonbeams?) to encourage his unique capabilities.
    • 5/5
      It's about a boy named Charlie who is endowed by the Red King. He goes to a special school. His gift is hearing people inside pictures and paintings. In this book he finds out about his powers and about his father, who is missing. I really liked it!
    • 4/5
      Ten year old Charlie Bone discovers he has a unique talent - he can hear the thoughts of people in photographs. Charlie's Grandmother Bone and her sisters are delighted that Charlie has inherited powers, the gift runs in the family and his late father also was one of the "endowed". They insist that Charlie attend Bloor's Academy where he can further develop his powers. Charlie reluctantly goes and soon realizes there are odd things going on at Bloor's. Before he quite knows exactly what is going on, Charlie is deep in a mystery involving a case with something mysterious inside it and a missing child and also discovers his father may not be dead after all. "Midnight for Charlie Bone" was a good first book in what looks like a promising series. Comparisons with Harry Potter are inevitable but the book should be judged on it's own merit and it's not bad at all. Charlie is a strong character, a good friend to misfit Benjamin, and his struggles with his newly developed powers are very real. The other children in the book are well written, especially the delightful Olivia. The adults in the book are either just plain bad, or, with the exception of Charlie's Uncle Paton, good but ineffectual. Even though the book is 400 pages long, parts of it felt rushed, especially the ending and the surrender of the bad guys. And, perhaps it's just me, but some of the happenings in the book seemed unexplained, like who initially opened the door and let Emma out of her "prison". Still, the book makes me want to continue reading the series, especially to see if the person I suspect is Charlie's father really is. A good beginning.
    • 3/5
      Fans of the Harry Potter series will want to give this magical series, about a boy who discovers he's got magical powers and is sent off to school to develop them, a try although the similarity between the two stories ends there. In this story Charlie does not accept his powers and does not like his school, and readers may like the conspiracy aspect of this story. Although the plot is a bit predictable, I think that fantasy fans will enjoy this first book in the series, and may want to go one to read the sequels.
    • 4/5
      Jenny Nimmo's Midnight for Charlie Bone talked about a buy named Charlie who could hear the people in the photos talking. It all happended when Charlie got the photos from his mother, then he started to hear something. He glanced down at his picture and heard the conversation between 2 senoirs. This book is quite interesting. I thought that this book would of have been better. I heard people say that this book was really interesting. I would recommend this book to children ages 9- any age because their is a lot of imagining happening in this book.
    • 1/5
      A very, very bad Harry Potter wannabe. This book is what Harry Potter would have been if JK Rowling didn't have talent.
    • 3/5
      Pretty decent beginning to this series. It's a bit slow to start and their needs to be some character developement but it was good enough to get me to read the next one.
    • 5/5
      Great. Loved the whole series
    • 4/5
      I bought it cause it looked like a Harry Potter knock off.
      It's pretty funny.

      I liked it. I read it a long time ago, so I don't remember everything.
    • 4/5
      Charlie was standing against the wall staring at the window pane. He was waiting for a voice, Matilda's voice. Matilda was the girl from Badlock who was watching over Billy. Suddenly a mirror appeared. It was a magical mirror and it sucked Charlie into Badlock. The fantasy book, Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, by Jenny Nimmo is a continuation of the book Charlie Bone and the Shadow. Many magical things are happening are happening at Bloor's School and it is up to Charlie and his friends to stop the magical nonsense, Charlie is hoping that all of the talents that he and his friends have will be enough to rescue Billy and put things back to normal or as normal as things normally are. I would recommend this book for middle school students that like Harry Potter. Jenny Nimmo describes the setting and the characters so clearly that it feels like you are right there with them. I loved this book because of the suspense and the the dramatic plot. I would definitely recommend this book to other people.
    • 5/5
      The eighth and final book in the Charlie Bone series was full of surprises. I noticed that the book is the darkest one in the series. Dark forces such as Lord Grimwald and the knight ally themselves with the Bloors in order to find a will. The book is so dark that during one scene, Maisie tells Charlie that he can't go visiting friends due to recent activity. It's not until Charlie convinces Uncle Patton to accompany him, he is allowed to go. I also noticed that Charlie is more assertive. In one of the early chapters, Charlie opens the dorm window and refuses to close it and refusing to listen to and take orders from Dagbert Endless and his cronies. It's also amazing that all eight books have taken place within a two year time span, showing Charlie's growth and development. Jenny Nimmo's writing style increased in Charlie Bone and the Red Knight. While the series is geared for children ages seven to 10, this book is more for the elder of that range. In this exciting conclusion, fans will discover the answer to several questions: Why did the Bloors keep Billy Raven a prisoner? Why did Grandma Bone (and her sisters and the rest of the Bloors) want Lyell Bone (Charlie's father) to remain hidden?
    • 4/5
      Charlie Bone and the Red Knight, by Jenny Nimmo. The conclusion to this wonderful children's series. Filled with the usual cast of characters, magic and adventure, this last book earns the same high marks as previous works. The basic plot is good vs. evil at a school for the magically gifted. Time travel, shape-changing, ancestral ghosts, power over water -- each child has a special talent and uses it to fight to save their home. The end felt a little rushed, as all the pieces fell into place domino-style, but just a minor criticism. Read Out Loud with child #2. Four stars.
    • 4/5
      Das ist ein wirklich schönes Jugendbuch über einen Jungen mit einer besonderen Begabung: Er kann Fotos " sprechen" hören. Es gibt auch andere Kinder mit solchen Sonderbegaungen ( einer kann mit Tieren sprechen, eine kann fliegen) und all diese Kinder sind in einem Internat. Doch Charlie Bone hat auch noch einen guten, wenn auch einsamen Freund zu Hause, sowie seine ganz normale Mutter. Sein Vater ist vor vielen Jahren gestorben, auch er war sonderbegabt, für Musik. Das Buch ist eine Mischung aus Rubinrot, nur ohne Liebe, und Harry Potter, wenn auch nicht ganz so witzig und durchdacht wie dieser. Trotzdem hat es mir sehr gut gefallen. Der erste Teil ist abgeschlossen und lässt trotzdem noch genügend Spielraum für den zweiten Teil.
    • 5/5
      Ever since his father died in a car accident, Charlie Bone has lived with his mom, uncle, and two grandmothers (one who is horrible and another who is much more grandmotherly). His family is definitely an interesting mix of personalities. When Charlie starts hearing voices, he thinks he's going crazy, but he soon finds out that he has a special gift. As a descendant of the Red King, he's able to look at pictures and hear the thoughts of the people in the pictures at the time they were taken. What he hears makes him wonder about a girl who went missing years before, and he decides to track her down using clues brought back from the past. If only he had time to work on the mystery! Now that his endowment has been revealed, his crazy (and seemingly evil) aunts stop by, and they're thrilled because it means he's been “chosen”. Charlie is not so happy about this because he has to leave his house, his best friend, and his uncle to start attending Bloor’s Academy. Although he can come home for weekends, he's now surrounded by people he doesn't know, and it's hard to fit in. Everyone at Bloor's has a "special gift", and he isn't sure about anything. With every step he takes Charlie seems to be in more danger, plus a strange box that he must protect comes into his possession. Will Charlie be able to solve the mystery of the missing girl? What secrets does Bloor’s Academy hold? Is the strange box worth holding onto, and what's inside of it? One thing is for sure, Charlie has a few mysteries to uncover that will keep him guessing!

      I didn’t know much about Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King: Book One) by Jenny Nimmo when I started reading it. I enjoyed her writing style and the magical elements in the book. Can you imagine looking at a photograph and hearing the people’s thoughts? The secrets revealed to you would be crazy! I found myself on the edge of my seat, as there was a new twist and turn at the end of each chapter. Charlie is a kid that I would be friends with because he seems nice and clever. He is also very easy-going, so I felt especially bad for him that he had one mean grandmother and a set of aunts that gave me the creeps- definitely made me thankful for my grandmothers! It was fun trying to solve the mystery myself, and I liked the fantasy elements. There are some parts of the book that will appeal to Harry Potter fans, but the story is different. The only thing I was unhappy about was that the book didn’t answer all of my questions in the end because it ended with “To be continued”. But, on the plus side, the book is part of a series, and the whole series is finished. So I will have to read Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, and I recommend you have it nearby if you start the first one. If you're a fan of fantasy, and you're between fourth and seventh grade, I think you will enjoy this book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Oh, if you liked Harry Potter you will like Charlie Bone! That's what people told me. Actually, the opposite is true. I love Harry Potter, so I can tell how derivative Charlie Bone is. It was published 5 years after Harry Potter, so you cant claim that Nimmo did not know Rowling's work. There is not that much suspense and little surprise in the book. One of the characters might be a werewolf -- oh, guess what, he is! And Nimmo is not half as good a writer as Rowling, so this book really has little to recommend it, and I'm just sorry I read the whole thing when I could have moved on to something more interesting.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Nimmo, Jenny, Midnight for Charlie Bone, Chldren of the Red King Book 1 Descendants of the Red King have strange Powers - at ten, Charlie finally discovers that he can hear people in pictures. He is sent to Bloor's Academy, where he meets others with strange talents - some good, some evil.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      also a very good series, if your into action and mystery, this is the book for you.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      The good: Charlie is a likable character. Some interesting magic stuff.The bad: Everything else. Other characters have zero personality and only show up to help or hurt Charlie when the plot needs it. Plot is often nonsensical; for example, bad guys are terrifyingly powerful, until for no reason they become helpless and scared of Charlie. Overall, it reads more like an outline or rough draft for a story than a completed one.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great turn paging book, with imagination out of this world, read all about the unknown world of endowed kids that go to Bloor's Academy. Hypnotising novel with great characters and plots!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Wattered-down Harry Potter.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is a fantistic story simply told. This book shows that thoughtful and sophisticated plot do not necessarily need complicated prose. This is not to say the book is poorly written, because it is not. It is an easy read the that my kids will probably get tired of me encouraging them to read. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to finding the next one in the series.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Nice read, but people who wrote that Charlie was the new Harry Potter were way off, in my opinion.Charlie Bone is intended for a younger audience.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A great fantasy series for those that enjoyed Harry Potter.

      1 person found this helpful