Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf (Children of the Red King) Book

Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf is the sixth book in Jenny Nimmo's brilliant Charlie Bone magic/adventure series.

It is difficult to write reviews of a whole series of books without giving some information that might be spoilers for people who are only just beginning the series. So I would say that unless you have already read Charlie Bone and the Hidden King then you shouldnt read this review just yet!

In Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf Charlie is very pleased to have finally found his missing father. He is also a little sad that his father has almost disappeared again since he and Charlie's mother have gone away together for a second honeymoon. However, there is soon a mystery to keep Charlie occupied as there is a strange howling noise in the forest at night. It sounds like a creature howling in pain. Also someone has been searching through Charlie's house and he doesn't know if they found what they were looking for. One thing Charlie does know though is that there is something very suspicious about Dagbert Endless, a new pupil at Bloor's Academy.

This is quite different from the other Charlie Bone books as it is not really clear who is the bad guy and who is the good guy. It seems that people can easily switch sides and that although some people can be seen as bad they are not actually evil and so will actually end up helping the side of good. In the previous book there wasn't much explanation of why Asa Pike chose to help Charlie and so I was pleased to see that this was explained in Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf.

Even though it is still a great adventure story with plenty of magic, Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf is probably also the saddest book in the series so far and so people might not like it quite so much. However you do need to read it in order to understand and continue with the rest of the series.