

Charlie Bone and the Beast (Children of the Red King #6)
Author: Jenny Nimmo
Series: Children Of The Red King
Narrator: Simon Jones
Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 05/01/2008
Author: Jenny Nimmo
Series: Children Of The Red King
Narrator: Simon Jones
Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 05/01/2008
Jenny Nimmo is the author of the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling Charlie Bone series as well as GRIFFIN'S CASTLE, THE DRAGON'S CHILD, and the award-winning Magician Trilogy, all published by Orchard Books. Several of her books have been awarded and shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award. She lives with her husband in an old mill in Wales.
Eh...this just felt all over the place. Don’t get me wrong it here are still wonderful characters and the feel of the city is so real. My issue stems from that I never knew what direction this story was taking. It seemed all about Dagbert and then it was all about Asa. Then for a long time it was a......more
This book was all over the place. It felt like there were SO many things going on—a hidden animal reservation in the wilderness, stone people that come to life, a random evil stone troll, an ancient tea kettle that senses danger, an evil boy with the endowment to drown people—and it felt like none o......more
After helping Charlie save his dad, the Bloors have captured, hidden and starved Asa. Charlie and his friends devise a plan to rescue Asa and meet new friends and foes along the way.......more
As far as sequels go, this one wasn't bad. It continued in the tradition of the other Charlie Bone books. It was nice to see more of Asa Pike and his family, as the family interactions within the Bone-Yewbeam household have become a bit repetitive. The fact that his mother and father were also wereb......more
These books should come with a warning that says “Better When Listened To.” I read the first five because they are really quick reads, but I always felt that they were a shallow knock-off of the Harry Potter series, but I should’ve been listening to them, because it makes them much better. The perfo......more