Midnight for Charlie Bone By: Jenny Nimmo

Unlocking the Magic: Charlie Bone’s Midnight Adventure

The first installment of the international best-selling fantasy series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone.

Classic magic and mystery from one of Britain’s best-loved authors of fantasy adventure. Perfect for fans of similar magical adventures.

An Academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy.

Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother, in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers he can hear their voices. Although he tries to hide his new gift, Grandma Bone and her scary sisters soon find out, and send him to Bloor’s Academy. Charlie quickly finds life at Bloor’s pretty tough, with its strict rules and the malevolent head boy, Manfred, set against him. When Charlie discovers that the child in the photograph is being held, hypnotized, against her will, he and his new friends with ‘gifts’ try to awaken her. But can they overcome Manfred’s sinister hypnotic gifts?