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The Blue Boa

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,72 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Bone, Charlie (Fictitious character)

ISBN : 9781405218306

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Charlie's Uncle Paton has dashed off to try to stop the Yewbeam aunts' latest plan, but when Grandma Bone greets the arrival of Belle with delight, could this be what Paton left hoping to prevent? At Bloor's, Emma finds art teacher Mr Boldova is the brother of the mysterious Ollie Sparks, made invisible by the blue boa. Belle joins the more nastily endowed, and Charlie realises she is Yolanda, an evil shapeshifter who brought up Charlie's nasty aunts. She wipes Mr Boldova's mind, leaving only his rat, Rembrandt, to tell Billy Raven what's happened. Soon Charlie will have to face the terrible sorcerer Skarpo again to free his friend. When Julia Ingeldew is threatened, Paton furiously springs into action.



A Matter of Blue

Author : Jean-Michel Maulpoix

Publisher : BOA Editions, Ltd.

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 13,95 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9781929918676

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"In A Matter of Blue, we read that blue is what we would like to cultivate, something that clings to bees' feet and the poet's lips, something that can be used as a basis for composition or creation, something that is inherent in the gaze of the dark-eyed women . . ."--Dawn Cornelio A Matter of Blue is the most successful book by Maulpoix, author of over 25 French collections of poetry and the rightful heir to the 150-year tradition of French prose poetry. Jean-Michel Maulpoix (www.maulpoix.net) is director of a quarterly literary journal and professor of poetry at University Paris X-Nanterre. Dawn Cornelio wrote her PhD thesis on translating Maulpoix. She is assistant professor of French studies at University of Guelph, Ontario.



Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (Children of the Red King #2)

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 24,42 MB

Release : 2012-09-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0545520916

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The second book in the Children of the Red King series, TIME TWISTER offers more magical fantasy that is fast paced and easy to read.January 1916:Henry Yewbeam and his younger brother, James, have been sent to stay with their cousins at the Bloor's Academy. It is one of the coldest days of the year, and all Henry wants to do is hide from his mean cousins and play marbles. He finds a nice, long hall and begins to roll his marbles. Then he discovers a marble that doesn't look familiar to him. Suddenly a series of strange events takes place. Henry begins to disappear. He quickly scribbles on the floor GIVE THE MARBLE TO JAMES, and then he vanishes from the year 1916.



Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King #1)

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 22,62 MB

Release : 2012-09-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0545520908

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A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking.The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy. Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead.



Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King #8)

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 11,4 MB

Release : 2012-09-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0545520983

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The highly anticipated conclusion to the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Charlie Bone series!Charlie and his friends take on a powerful and dangerous magic in Book Eight of this extraordinary series. Wicked forces come to a head at Bloor's Academy, and Charlie and his friends must use all their skills and magic to fight the evil and save Charlie's parents. In his greatest adventure yet, Charlie must discover the fate of his family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and, most important, the destiny of the Red King's heirs. But are the Children of the Red King strong enough to defeat the darkness and find the answers?



The Rinaldi Ring

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher :

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 23,83 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Bereavement

ISBN : 9781405211413

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Sent away to live with his cousins, the Pipers, after running away from his father for the third time, Eliot is having trouble coping with the death of his mother. But at the Pipers' he is haunted by a presence from the past, a strong ghost that tears up his room, throws books at his cousins, and brings with it a strangely strong smell of flowers. Gradually, Eliot uncovers a strange story from the war, about Mary-Ellen, imprisoned in his room and ultimately threw herself off a bridge, supposedly to be mad at the death of her lover, Orlando Rinaldi, in the trenches. The sinister Freya Greymark stalks the village, holding the Rinaldi Ring, inherited from Orlando's brother, Olive, but rightfully Mary-Ellen's. The haunting gets more intense until the Pipers call Eliot's father to take him away. Running from the car, Eliot at last finds someone who can tell him the real story. The brother who died at the front was Oliver, not Orlando, but Mary-Ellen found Orlando in hospital, wounded beyond recognition, and he died before she could save him. Their baby survived, and was Eliot's grandfather. about the death of his mother, and they, and their ancestors, can now rest at peace.



Boa's Bad Birthday

Author : Jeanne Willis

Publisher : Random House

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 31,49 MB

Release : 2016-07-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1448187974

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It was Boa’s birthday. It was going to be the best one ever. Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round. They would all bring him wonderful presents. Or would they? A hilarious tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully, from the award-winning team of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.



The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Author : Trinka Hakes Noble

Publisher : Perfection Learning

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 20,58 MB

Release : 1992-10

Category : Boa constrictor

ISBN : 9780812434163

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A slapstick comedy details the hilarious results when Jimmy's class takes a field trip to a farm.



Miss Lily's Fabulous Pink Feather Boa

Author : Margaret Wild

Publisher : Picture Puffin

Page : 31 pages

File Size : 46,98 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Endangered species

ISBN : 9780143501657

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Miss Lily's fabulous pink feather boa is the most wonderful thing the Last Potoroo has ever seen. & & When Miss Lily dances the tango, the Last Potoroo can't take her eyes off it. & And when she wraps it around herself, she feels, for the first time in her life, that she can do anything - and everything! & & Something so fabulous just has to be magic . . .



Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock

Author : Jenny Nimmo

Publisher :

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 23,81 MB

Release : 2016-07-28

Category :

ISBN : 9781405280983

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Classic magic and mystery from one of Britain’s best-loved authors of fantasy adventure. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Eva Ibbotson, Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart and Shane Hegarty’s Darkmouth. An Academy for magic and special talents. A destiny unfulfilled. A secret legacy. The seventh instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone. The enchanter Count Harken - the shadow in the painting of the Red King - is back and determined to stop Billy from discovering a life-changing family secret. His incredible power reaches out from the dark, magical land of Badlock, through space and time, to wreak revenge on Charlie and his friends. Have you collected all of the Charlie Bone series? Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Also look out for The Snow Spider trilogy. ‘Dark, funny, crackling with magic’ – author Artemis Cooper on Midnight for Charlie Bone ‘A fast moving, dialogue driven romp with plenty of cliff-hangers for those first hooked into reading by Harry Potter’ – Bookseller on Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series. She has won several significant awards for her children’s fiction, including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider. She lives in Wales with her husband, David.