Feature Title
Charlie Bone and the Red Knight
by Jenny Nimmo
This is the eighth and last thrilling magical adventure starring Charlie Bone!
The race to find the box containing the secret regarding the Bloors' fortune has become deadly. The Bloors are gathering their evil forces - thieves, poisoners, kidnappers, swindlers and even murderers from Piminy Street and an expert magical swordsman from the seventeenth century. And Lord Grimwald, Dagbert's father, is enlisted to drown Charlie's father and mother on their second honeymoon using his magical Sea Globe. Charlie is determined to stop them from finding the box and destroying it. But with the Pets' Cafe closed down, Billy trapped in Badlock and one of his friends tricked into helping the Bloors, it looks like his only hope might be the mysterious Red Knight. But who is the Red Knight? And can he help Charlie defeat the Bloors once and for all?
All the magical threads come together in this amazing finale to a hugely compelling series.
About the Author
Jenny Nimmo lives in a converted watermill in Wales. Her husband, David Wynn Millward, is a painter and print-maker, and all three of her children speak Welsh fluently. She finds Wales, a land of legends, a very inspiring place to live.
For as long as she can remember, Jenny has loved books. At boarding school, reading was her way to overcome loneliness or boredom. However, she is aware that not everyone finds reading comes easily, and feels passionately that every child should have all the help they need, and access to as many books as they want.
In 1986, The Snow Spider won the Smarties Grand Prix, and in 1987 it was awarded the Tir na n-Og by the Welsh Arts Council. She wrote the sequels, Emlyn's Moon and The Chestnut Soldier, because she was unable to let go of the characters in The Snow Spider and needed to find out what would become of them. She enjoys writing about magic because it is inexplicable and unpredictable, and anything can happen. The Rinaldi Ring was chosen as Guardian Book of the Week and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and received a commendation.
Jenny's latest books are part of The Children of the Red King quintet. There are three titles to enjoy, Midnight For Charlie Bone, The Time Twister and The Blue Boa. The Time Twister was recently shortlisted for the 2004 Askews Torchlight Children's Book Award.
For more insight into Jenny Nimmo, you may wish to read Griffin's Castle; Jenny and her family all feel she is very similar in character to Dinah.
Website
To find out more, check out the Charlie Bone website at www.charlie-bone.com.
$12.95 paperback, 384pp
978-1-4052-4960-7
Egmont UK