Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (Children of the Red King) Book

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors is the fourth book in Jenny Nimmo's exciting Charlie Bone series.

Charlie Bone had almost grown used to being able to hear people in photographs, but his endowment is now developing so that he is also able to travel into the photographs himself. As if his life at Bloor's Academy wasn't complicated enough, this term Charlie must also cope with terrifying new teacher Tantalus Ebony, as well as the new endowed children who have joined the Academy. Fortunately Charlie's new power will come in handy when he must help his friend Billy Raven, who has been adopted by the O'Gres, child hating couple, and imprisoned in The Passing House.

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors is another excellent book by Jenny Nimmo. Charlie Bone is a great character and it is interesting to see how his powers are developing and how he can fight the Bloors in new ways. Charlie also discovers more clues about the fate of his missing father. Billy Raven needs rescuing again in this book but he does get to use his power of talking to animals and he is actually braver than he has been in the other books so far. It is interesting to see who the new characters are and whether they will join forces with Charlie or with the evil Bloors.