Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

By: Jenny Nimmo

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale

The next installment in the New York Times bestselling series, CHARLIE BONE AND THE HIDDEN KING

In Charlie’s most perilous adventure yet, the shadow from the Red King’s portrait has escaped. Strange things start to happen at Bloor’s Academy. But, with the help of a mysterious force, Charlie and his friends are closer to discovering the truth about Charlie Bone’s father.

Children of the Red King Series
Book 1: Midnight for Charlie Bone
Book 2: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
Book 3: Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
Book 4: Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
©2006 Jenny Nimmo; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

My Review

This book is a really amazing book! I would recomend this book to kids that like a adventure. I really like Magic books and this has magic in it and I would also recomend it to Fantasy readers!

Fantastic reader

What made the experience of listening to Charlie Bone and the Hidden King the most enjoyable?

The reader was excellent.

What other book might you compare Charlie Bone and the Hidden King to and why?

Harry Potter because its is also about the adventures of children with magical powers at school.

What about Simon Russell Beale’s performance did you like?

His voices for the different characters were varied and well done.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Its just a fun read.

Good

I have listened to all of the books now with my 8 year old. This one seems to have been a little harder to follow. There were times that I felt like I had missed something altogether, but in the end understood most of it.

Definately a must listen.

So much at stake on spurned love

CB's father - missing and to blame for the whole mess, so we are told, but noone is smart enough to figure out who he is. And the mess is so much bigger than missing pets and the intrigue of a single school. Charlie’s world continues to grow - last book it was a new castle; this time a wild forest safe house for animals (Pooh?) and even other schools for the endowed (like Tri Wizard's Cup?). The naive venture with a strange girl could have turned out so many ways - he's old enough to begin to wonder about girls. The theme of mental density continues as Bleurs can’t guess who has newly discovered their endowment. But I have my own questions. Why are characters like CB and HP so prone to telling lies to adults and teachers (Dolores U. was partly right)? Why are teachers in British boarding schools so prone to in-your-face fits of outrage and unaccountable autocratic punishments? This UK school phenomenon is getting a bit wearying - maybe it’s time for a new manga carta (spell checkers do output occasional wit).

Charlie Bone and The Hidden King

I have been reading this series since book one. And find it be very adventurous. And am engroused with every new book to the series. Each Charcter is just so enjoyable. Even some of it's villians. And even though I love Harry Potter. This collection of books gives it a run for it's money. But what I enjoy is that it doesn't have some of the really heavy moments of Harry Potter. And so far none of the charcters I have grown to love and have yet to meet their untimely end. Which I like sometimes it's good when few of the good guys are killed off. And it's a hasn't any of it's excitement.
So if you never read the series give it ago. You will be emeroused in the world of Charlie Bone