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Midnight for Charlie Bone
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- Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 12-18-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
Regular price: $15.98
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The first installment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone.
An academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy.
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- Nichola
- 03-10-18
exciting find
I am so excited to have been introduced to this series by my 10 year old niece. Everything you need is there, evocative, magic, human connections to one another and animals.....
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- Chuajr
- 05-11-17
Mediocre at best.
Underwhelming, lackluster, and mediocre. Not without a few good punches though. But I won't be finishing the series. The narrator did a good job though.
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