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Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy | Jenny Nimmo
Grade 4-7,In this third installment in the series, another semester at Bloor Academy is about to begin, and, as usual, chaos ensues. At home, Charlie's Uncle Paton disappears, then returns ill and powerless. Charlie's friend Benjamin heads off to Hong Kong, and his grandmother Maisie leaves to take care of her sick sister. At the same time, a new and sinister student named Belle arrives and quickly establishes herself as a force to be reckoned with. A new art teacher has joined the staff to find his younger brother, Ollie Sparks, turned invisible by a blue boa (snake, though there are feathers involved) controlled by the evil Ezekiel Bloor. Charlie and his friends try to come up with ways to help Ollie and Billy Raven, the poor orphan being manipulated and tormented by the Bloor clan. One of the strengths of this story (and the whole series) is the way both regular people and those who are magically endowed work toward common goals. A weakness is the lack of progress toward identifying and rescuing Charlie's father, who is barely mentioned in this outing. Still, it's a wild roller-coaster ride of a story, and will more than satisfy not only fans of this series, but those who are exhibiting symptoms of Harry Potter withdrawal.
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Zephsomething
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Charlie Bone off to stick his neb in dangerous places to save other children once again. The circle of friends gets tighter and tighter as the lines between friend and foe are clearly drawn and amidst it all poor Billy is still left with no one to defend him from the Bloors and their machinations. Not just yet.

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Schnoebs
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With many people in his life away, Charlie is forced to face his time at Bloor‘s with the Yewbeams. Having arrived late to class, Charlie and his friend discover more of the secrets the Bloors are hiding. This includes stumbling upon a student they thought left school but has actually become invisible. It‘s up to Charlie, his friends, and some of the children of the red king to help rescue this boy in the face of new evil at Bloor‘s.

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TCLinrow
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📙Tagged above is the first I ever read of the Charlie Bone books, and then I had to read them all!📚
📘I have a small yard, and I'm growing some flowers to put outside when the weather improves 🌷
📗Simple Plan concert in Prague with my best friend... 2 years ago!🎶😲
📓Jenny Nimmo, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams and David & Leigh Eddings all completed, but there are so many I want to add to the list!
#weekendchat @CSeydel

wanderinglynn Ooh, I love Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, & David & Leigh Eddings. I‘ve read all of them too! 🙌🏻 6y
TCLinrow @wanderinglynn they're so good aren't they? They're the reasons I got into reading so much 💙💜❤ 6y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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So much happened in this one! Charlie Bone gets into many a scrape, from (accidentally) unleashing an ancient sorcerer from his painting, finding an invisible boy, being trusted to look after his best friends dog (Horrible Grandma Bone is as anti animal as they come so this is no easy task for Charlie), uncovering the new girls secret, finding the blue boa mentioned in the title annnd uncovering a bit of his family tree! No dull moments!

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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This is my 'the traffic is unusually horrendous, I'll stop and try the new vegan burger at grill'd' dinner...

Joanne1 I like it. I got sick of traffic so moved to the country. Perhaps I could have just grabbed a burger. 7y
Reviewsbylola Solid plan! 🍔 7y
Jaimelire That's the way to do it! 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag I think there must have been an accident or a drugs bust because it usually takes 20 minutes to get home and it was pushing 40 by the time I detoured past grill'd @Reviewsbylola @Joanna1 @Jaimelire - traffic had returned to normal by the time I'd read a few chapters and eaten this burger (which was magnificent! I'm a creature of habit and almost always order the same thing, so I'm glad I tried this!) 7y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Eating my lunch outside under the careful watch of a beady eyed monster (I mean, Magpie 😖) which is now being fed bread by a maniac one picnic table away... Almost time to go back to work... didn't do more than gaze at this gorgeous cover!

Smangela These covers are gorgeous! Mine are older editions, I'll have to post a pic when I get home! 7y
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