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Summary: A Very Good Story
Comment: This is a wonderful addition to the Charlie Bone series. I recommend it to anyone who likes Harry Potter-you'll find another young outsider to root for. This series is also a little less dark than the Harry Potter series, so it's easier for younger listeners to listen to.
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Summary: Charlie Bone
Comment: I really liked this book. Charlie Bone is almost as good as Harry Potter
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Summary: Charlie Bone is a Fun, Light Read
Comment: Charlie Bone and the Beast is a fun and quick read. A few new characters added some fun to the mix with Katya Kettle and Dagbert Endless, whose father is a figure from Cook's past. The interesting addition here are the stone animators and their connection to the past. Jenny Nimmo continues to make fun connections between the characters' ancestors and no matter what there is a balance of good children of the Red King and bad children of the Red King.
The Bloors are still the antithesis to Charlie and his will to do what is right. I would love to see Charlie go more head-to-head with Manfred Bloor, and I would love for Charlie to use his endowment much more than he does as it is such a cool endowment. The contrast bentween Tancred and Dagbert Endless and their shared ancestral endowment was of great interest as was Katya Kettle's shared skills of her descendant, of Feromel the blacksmith.
All in all I think this series is great and the books are just the right length. I just wish they would come out at a faster pace. I can't wait for the next installment. I hope we have a huge showdown between all of the endowed children where the background story is minimal and the exploration of their endowments is at the forefront. Keep the books coming.
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Summary: Charlie Bone and the Beast! Awesome book!
Comment: Another great book from Jenny Nimmo! These books just keep getting better and better...keep up the great work as this series can be endless.
Always a joy to read.
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Summary: Best Charlie Bone Book, Yet
Comment: Charlie Bone and the Beast is an intriguing book, and - though it is a fairly quick read - it will keep you interested the whole time.
The sixth Charlie Bone book in the series, Charlie Bone and the Beast starts with a new student starting at Bloor's Academy: Dagbert Endless, a boy whose endowment is to control the tides. It soon becomes clear, however, that he is NOT on Charlie's side. Unfortunately (yet inevitably, it seems), Charlie must be his mentor at Bloor's Academy. Dagbert soon makes quick work of insulting almost all of Charlie's friends, and turning them away from him.
Charlie Bone and the Beast has several plot lines, but the main one is how Charlie must reunite with his friends to find Asa Pike, who switched sides in the last book. Meanwhile, the Bloors are plotting to lure Bone and his friends into a trap. And all the while, a mysterious knight is appearing, and one of Charlie's new friends who is surely on his side is becoming mysterious.
I personally like books with intricate plot lines, and this book is a real page-turner. You'll recognize the characters from other books. I am also very glad that Jenny Nimmo doesn't waste too much time going over the other books in plain site for new readers - she blends it fantastically into the book without disturbing the story.
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