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An academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy. Join Charlie Bone as he discovers the truth about the Red King, and the key to his own past....January 1916. On the coldest night in memory, Henry Yewbeam's cousin Zeke tricks him into using the Time Twister, a beautiful marble full of shining colours that draws him into the future. January 2002. Charlie meets Henry reappearing at Bloor's in the 21st century, and realises Henry's cousin is none other than old Ezekiel Bloor.

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

The night Evan Llyr phones, Gwyn, the boy magician, takes out the magic gift his grandmother warned him against: the mutilated figure of a horse. Gwyn feels pity and longs to do what he must never do – set the captured demon free and take away its pain. Gwyn feels a strange affinity with Evan, the chestnut-haired soldier, but soon the charming Evan shows the terrible dark side of his nature. Gwyn knows that he must do battle and one of them will perish....

Young magician Gwyn and his friend Nia have been warned to stay away from Emlyn Llewelyn, the strange boy who claims his mother lives on the moon. And yet, a mysterious magic continues to draw them to him. But why?It’s up to Gwyn and Nia to solve the mystery, with the help of Arianwen, the Snow Spider.This is the second magical story in the ‘Magician Trilogy’ from acclaimed author Jenny Nimmo.

On his ninth birthday, Gwyn is given a brooch and told to cast it into the wind. Later he discovers the wind has sent something back: the snow spider.So begins Gwyn’s journey as a magician. Against the shimmering backdrop of a magical domed city, Gwyn has to battle evil and heal a fractured family... A spine-tingling story, full of magic and power, from acclaimed author Jenny Nimmo.

Elliot, grieving for his dead mother, is sent to stay with his cousins. There he is haunted by Mary-Ellen, who was once kept prisoner in his room. The loss of her fiance, Orlando Rinaldi, killed in World War I, threatened her sanity - or so everyone thought.

The owl tree is not like any tree Joe has ever seen. It’s huge and leafy and shivers at times like a person; it even seems to speak. Granny Diamond once saw an owl perched among its branches and she has loved the tree ever since. It means the world to her. But her neighbour, Mr Rock, wants to cut it down. Why does he dislike the owl tree so much? Does the tree have a secret to tell Joe? And how can he, a boy too scared even to climb the tree, be the one to save it?

Deliliah - huge, fluffy, grey, wide-golden-eyed - is a cat who specializes in dogspells. When dogs start shrinking - and worse - Annie steps in, but she has a soft spot for Delilah. The author's other books include The Snow Spider, winner of the Smarties Grand Prix.

For sixty-five years Toby the toy panda has lain in the dark loft. Now, trouble in the house wakes him: the arrival of child-hating Mrs Malevant, who’s come to mind Izzy and her siblings while their parents are away. Somehow Toby speaks to Izzy, just as he used to speak to his former owner, her great-uncle Maurice. The children desperately need the support of their great-uncle and Aunt Folly to stand up to Mrs Malevant. Can Toby help restore happiness to the house?

Looking at the sky one frosty night, Marty sees the Dog Star, in all its brilliance, for the first time. Although she has Tiggy, her cat, Marty longs for a dog; she’d call it Star.Later that night, when the Dog Star’s light beams into her room, she discovers a real, live dog beneath her bed, and it seems that her wish has come true. But will Star bring Marty and her family happiness?

Tabby Jack watched the hooded stranger. Could he believe what he was seeing? Slowly she uncurled her fingers and there, on her crinkly pale palm, were two tiny creatures, as small as grasshoppers, so delicate a shiver might break them, but undoubtedly dogs! When the dogs arrive there is only one thing the cats can do - fetch Delilah, whose knowledge of magic is a match for anyone...

Proud, beautiful Delilah, the mistress of the magic arts, is appalled. Edward, her owner, has gone on holiday - without her. So Delilah decides to leave home. By midnight she is miles away. And when she reaches the grim city, the nightmare really begins. If only she had the power to shrink humans like she can shrink dogs....

Tatty Apple enters Owen-Owen’s life all of a sudden, one cold spring day when the wind is high on the wild mountainside. Owen has never seen such an extraordinary rabbit before - green and brown, like an apple that’s waited too long.‘A mischief maker!’ says Mrs Owen, when she finds the family sitting room turned upside down. ‘Stop thief!’ cries Mrs Price as the shiny box of chocolates vanishes from her shop. Only Owen-Owen knows the secret of the green rabbit’s extraordinary powers....

Noch nie waren Charlie Bone und seine Freunde in größerer Gefahr. Der finstere Schattenlord will ihre Stadt unterwerfen. Dafür schart er mächtige Verbündete um sich: die habgierigen Bloors, Hexen und Magier, einen Schwertkämpfer aus der Vergangenheit und Steinmonster, die ein dunkler Zauber zum Leben erweckt hat. Charlie ist fest entschlossen, den Schattenlord aufzuhalten, und bekommt unerwartet Hilfe von einem geheimnisvollen Ritter.

Ein düsteres Gemälde bringt Charlie Bone und seinen Freunden jede Menge Scherereien. Wer in das verhexte Bild hineingezogen wird, landet im Reich des finsteren Schattenlords. Dort funkeln niemals die Sterne und fiese Wächter lauern überall. Charlie will die Gefangenen des Lords befreien und bekommt dabei am eigenen Leib zu spüren, wie überaus mächtig sein Gegner ist.

Charlie Bone ist mal wieder in Schwierigkeiten. Ein äußerst widerlicher Schüler klebt wie ein Blutegel an ihm und vertreibt seine Freunde. Dabei braucht Charlie seine Vertrauten gerade jetzt ganz dringend. Der Wolfsjunge Asa ist spurlos verschwunden, grässliche Steinfiguren werden von einem Zauberer zum Leben erweckt und der geheimnisvolle Rote Ritter lässt sich ein Schwert schmieden, das ihn unbesiegbar macht.

Ein Sturm zieht auf, dunkle Wolken jagen über die Stadt und ein Schatten streift durch die Straßen. Mitten in der Nacht schreckt Charlie aus einem schrecklichen Traum hoch und spürt: Etwas ist geschehen. Etwas ist unterwegs und hinter ihm und den anderen Kindern des roten Königs her. Doch es sind weder die fiesen Bloors noch Charlies schreckliche Tanten: Lord Harken Badlock geht um, und dieses Mal wird es Charlie nicht ohne die Hilfe des roten Königs schaffen.

Kaum hat das neue Schuljahr angefangen, steckt Charlie auch schon wieder bis über beide Ohren in Schwierigkeiten: Er wird von einem geheimnisvollen Geisterpferd verfolgt, sein Zauberstab ist verschwunden und zu allem Überfluss soll er auch noch Billy Raven aus den Klauen grässlicher Adoptiveltern befreien. Und er muss dringend den Weg zum Schloss der tausend Spiegel finden, wo er seinen Vater gefangen glaubt.

In den dunkeln Gemäuern der Bloor-Akademie warten neue Abenteuer auf Charlie und seine Freunde: ein seltsames Mädchen, das nicht das ist, was es zu sein scheint, ein Unsichtbarer, der durch die Schule geistert und gerne Marmelade isst, ein durchgeknallter Zauberer, der aus seinem Gemälde verschwindet und dringend wieder dorthin verfrachtet werden muss, und eine geheimnisvolle blaue Boa, die der Schlüssel zu allem ist.

Kaum hat sich Charlie daran gewöhnt, dass Bilder zu ihm sprechen, gehen hinter den düsteren Mauern der Bloor-Akademie schon wieder seltsame Dinge vor sich: Ein Reisender aus der Vergangenheit muss um sein Leben fürchten, ein magischer Gegenstand wird verzweifelt gesucht und dann geistert auch noch eine geheimnisvolle schwarze Frau herum.