Midnight for Charlie Bone

By: Jenny Nimmo

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale

What's happening to Charlie Bone?

Charlie doesn't want to believe it when he discovers that he can hear the thoughts of people in photographs. But his horrible aunts are delighted – it means that he is one of the chosen and must attend the Bloor's Academy for gifted children. Once there, Charlie realizes that some of his classmates have equally mysterious powers, and soon Charlie is involved in uncovering the mysterious past of one of them.

Book One in The Children of the Red King series!

Great story

It's great for kids and Young adults. My daughter really loves this book.

Nostalgia

Loved this book as a kid so I had to go back and read it again...I still love it

Entirely unbelievable world

Its a bit confusing here. how is it that everyone at the school seems to know the endowed exist, while people outside the school "wont believe x happened."
Imagine if Harry potter was set mixed in a normal private school, voldemort was the principal and malfoy was his son. However muggles still have no idea magic exists but also they dont act all that surprised. Theres so much that you have to ignore for things to make sense here, and not much makes up for it.
Theres the mystery of his father, which if you have payed attention at all, you solved in halfway through this book. Spoiler alert, nothing happens with it in this book. Its so hamfistedly forshadowed.

Oh the nostalgia! Harry Potter meets A Series of Unfortunate Events.

I remembered this series the other day and immediately looked it up on Audible. It’s been a joy to listen to again. The narrator’s voice is soothing and hypnotic. The story is interesting, charming, with a good balance of humor and seriousness, and is delightfully dark. I’m looking forward to reliving the rest of the series!

Cinematic

it's really well written, with a lineup of proper events and a lot of context cues leading the reader to have to fill the obvious gaps in storytelling
beautiful writing style