Dagbert Endless can control water and is the son of Lord Grimwald. His morality is largely ambiguous, as it is directly influenced by the position of the moon, but he is generally a follower of the Bloors until the eighth book. It was like the author just wanted to make it a weird place without putting the effort in to have any of the weird things make any kind of sense. Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: It is Charlie's entering Bloor's that begins to weaken Lyell's trance. The only reason Charlie began attending the Academy in the first place is because his grandmother, aunts and the Bloors wanted him there so that they could keep an eye on and control him and his endowment. Don't Explain the Joke: "I think they only put 'FISH' up on that sign to explain the smell, if you catch me. And not because they're selling any." Intergenerational Friendship: Most of the good children are close friends with the Onimouses and Treasure/Cook, who are all middle-aged adults. Other notable friendships include that of Charlie and Paton, who become very close by the end of the series, and also Lyell and Bartholomew Bloor, who is old enough to be Lyell's grandfather.

Police Are Useless: Justified, since there's not much the police can do about magical crimes, especially when they've got their hands full with the mundane variety already. Though one does help Charlie's mother offscreen in the last book.Olivia goes through this in Castle of Mirrors, when she goes into denial about being an endowed child of the Red King. In the end she accepts that she is endowed, though she feels more resigned to it than anything else. Emma's dad, Mostyn Tolly, traded her to the Bloors for a replica of the Toledo knight when she was a baby. He eventually tries to put this right, but is murdered before he can. The fourth instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone. Resigned to the Call: Olivia at the end of Castle of Mirrors, after finding out about her endowment.

Hero with Bad Publicity: Christopher Crowquill was framed for robbery by the Bloors and sent to jail for seven years. After he gets out, he comments that the only person who still stood by him even though he was a criminal was Alice Angel. Tell Me About My Father: Charlie asks this of his mother at the beginning of Midnight for Charlie Bone.

Q&A Asked about Midnight for Charlie Bone

Multigenerational Household: Charlie's household consists of him, his mother, both his grandmothers, and his great-uncle. Hypnotic Eyes: Manfred's original power, though it begins to wane to make way for a newer, much more destructive one. I really loved this book. Number one reason why I love this book was because of my little cousin who is eight. He loves Harry Potter as do I. I let him read the first 3 Harry Potters but once Harry started getting older and the plot became darker, I felt like it was not age appropriate, yet. I had a really hard time getting my little cousin into another book series until I stumbled on this series. As great as Harry Potter is the older books might not be age appropriate for younger children. Not only age appropriate but those book get pretty big and it might be a hard read for little kids. So I Loved this book because it was a great read plus younger kids like my little cousin could enjoy it. It is about the size of the first Harry Potter so we read it together.

Time is running actually out for Charli . Charlie hopes that a new term at The Bloor’s Academy won’t hold nasty surprises. However, Henry Yewbeam appears after being twisted through the time from the icy winters of 1916. With scheming Yewbeam aunts on prowl and the Bloors fully out to catch him, Henry will require Charlie Bone’s help so as to stay alive. The Bloor’s Academy can be an extremely dangerous place .

I play the flute. Unless someone is extraordinarily gifted -and I mean with magic - they aren't going to be playing the flute in a time span of ten minutes. It takes quite a bit longer than that to get any kind of sound out of it at all. Sometimes it can take kids days of practicing through frustration to get their mouth positioned in the right way. Forget learning the notes and fingerings. Eric Shellhorn can bring any stone statue to life. He lives with his stepmother Venetia Yewbeam because his sister (Miranda) and father (Arthur) escaped from the city. Venetia poisoned a shawl which stopped Eric's mother's heart, then made Arthur marry her. One Person, One Power: Having more than one endowment is considered unusual in-universe. For some notable exceptions, see 'Combo Platter Powers' above.

Benjamin Brown - Charlie's friend, and owner of Runner Bean. He lives across the street from Charlie. Maisie Jones is Amy Bone's mother and descendant of Mathonwy, the Welsh magician and friend to the Red King. Once again I return to you with another comparison to Harry Potter. I recently read the book Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo.Before I read this book most people told me it was just like Harry Potter , but I hate to disappoint once again this is nothing like Harry Potter. There might be some similar things, but lets clear the table this is a different story and just as good. Midnight For Charlie Bone is a very compelling story that keeps you longing for more. The book starts out with a Prologue that gives you a brief history of The Red King, it then starts with Charlie's dilemna over getting the wrong photograph and hearing what people are saying in pictures. This picture leads to a chain of events which include three cats called Sagitarius, Leo, and Aries, who belonged to The Red King about 950 years ago. Charlie was just a normal boy but from an endowed family basically families that have powers.Charlie Bone is one of the descendants of the Red King. Charlie has inherited one of the kings powers where he can hear voices in photos. He is sent to a school that endowed children with powers have to go to or students that are just geniuses in the area of art or music. Bloors is not an ordinary school. Many strange things happen there and Charlie Bone is trying to figure out what they are. Not only are there strange things going on these things are very evil. All around Charlie there is evil but in his hero journey he has found very reliable friends to help him. Muggle Best Friend: Benjamin Brown, Fidelio Gunn, and Olivia Vertigo until she is revealed to be endowed as well. Heel–Face Revolving Door: Dagbert Endless, whose morality changes with the moon. At the end, he seems to have finally settled somewhere on the "good" spectrum. Billy Raven switches to the bad side for several books before rejoining the heroes.

Publication Order of The Children of the Red King Books

Fantastic Racism: The Yewbeams look down upon Charlie's mother and maternal grandmother because they're unendowed and without any impressive lineage. Though unknown to them, they're actually descended from the Welsh wizard Mathonwy, who was a close friend of the Red King. Nancy - Julia's sister, Emma's mother and Dr Tolly's husband (Mentioned only. Surname unknown, presumed to be Tolly) His mother - what can you say? I can't even imagine a mother letting someone treat their child so poorly, even if it was a grandmother. She was weak and apathetic and again, it was unrealistic. His mother suffered loss, yes, but she was able to go on with her day to day life and even move on to dating (this was implied by Charlie asking her is she had another boyfriend) but she was unable to stand up for her child? Either unrealistic or just a rotten mother. I kept coming away from her feeling like she has sold her child for a place to live. Shapeshifter Longevity: Shapeshifters are shown to possess incredible longevity, with Yolanda Yewbeam (who was born in 1900) still alive and very much looking her age when in her true form) by the time she is first encountered by series protagonist Charlie Bone in the early 2000s; her father Yorath (who was born in 1850) is also still alive at that point.