Charlie Bone and the Beast Children ..., Jenny Nimmo
Charlie Bone and the Beast Children ..., Jenny Nimmo
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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

Published: 05/01/2008

Synopsis

The sixth magical adventure in the NY TIMES bestselling CHARLIE BONE series!Life should be perfect for Charlie now that his parents have been reunited. But mystery and adventure always find him. This time Asa, a fellow classmate who changes into a beast at dusk and Charlie's sometime enemy, is missing. His parents seek out Charlie for help, and now Charlie needs the help of the Flames to rescue his classmate. Manfred Bloor has also taken the new endowed student, Dagbert Endless, under his wing and Charlie is highly suspicious of the pair. Can the Flames and Charlie rescue Asa without being caught by Manfred and Dagbert?

About Jenny Nimmo

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on March 25, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Belle on May 04, 2019

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

Goodreads review by Ashlie on March 27, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Scarletstories on July 26, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Jerm on October 27, 2008

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

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