Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

🙂 (All of the endowed are just stuck in different classes, whether they have a talent in it or not.) The endowed also have to do their homework in the King’s Room together. Charlie shows no musical talent, or any talent, so he gets a tutor, Fidelio, a really likable and a nice guy, but just a musical genius. The school is split into 3 groups: Art, Drama, and Music. Charlie confides in Uncle Paton, and because Miss Ingledew is adorable, Paton wants to help as much as he can.īloor’s is a gloomy school for geniuses and “the endowed” Children of the Red King. Charlie tells his BFF Ben, and they decide to hide the case at Ben’s house across the street so Gma Bone and her sisters won’t find it. Ingledew gives him a suitcase (I’ll call the Tolley case) and a dog statue that plays audio recordings. He has a suspicion that she’ll be at Bloor’s. Charlie resolves to help her find the baby (who would now be 10, Charlie’s age). Tolley gave the baby up in exchange for an invention. She explains the picture is of her niece, and her bro-in-law Mr. Onimous tells him to get the picture back to the owner, Ms.

The Yewbeam aunts (Grandma Bone’s three sisters) are also a little on the evil side and help Grandma when necessary to keep them in check.Ĭharlie gets a surprise visit from an “exterminator” named Onimous and the three flame cats (one yellow, one orange, one red). Gma Bone has kept them on a short leash so she can see if Charlie is endowed with a special gift (the photograph hearing). See, since Charlie’s dad died when he was two, Charlie lives with his mom, his mom’s mom (Maisie), his uncle Paton, and his dad’s mom (Grizelda Bone). Charlie doesn’t have a choice– the family is at the mercy of Grandma Bone et al.

While his mom and grandma Maisie are frightened at this discovery, the Bone/Yewbeam side of the family is ecstatic and enroll him into Bloor’s Academy. Synopsis: Charlie discovers that he can hear people in photographs when he receives a photo of a father and daughter, and you can hear the photographer saying this will be the last time the father will see his little girl. Cuz that isn’t fair to ruin a whole series, ya know? Plus, this book is HARD to sum up and sound coherent. I’m going to do a summary of the first book (yeah, will probably include spoilers) but I don’t think I’ll continue to sum up the series. It gets a little confusing with the many characters, the various powers, etc. Before I get started, Charlie Bone is the protag in a series of books called The Children of the Red King.

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo