Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. Jenny Nimmo
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Название: Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors

Автор: Jenny Nimmo

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Учебная литература

Серия: Charlie Bone

isbn: 9781780312057

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      First published in Great Britain 2005 by Egmont UK Limited

      This edition published 2010

      by Egmont UK Limited

      239 Kensington High Street

      London W8 6SA

      Text copyright © 2005 Jenny Nimmo

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      ISBN 978 1 4052 2465 9

       eBook ISBN 978 1 7803 1205 7

       www.egmont.co.uk

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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      For David, who led me to the castle, with love.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       The endowed children

       Prologue

       1. A fatal sneeze

       2. The phantom horse

       3. The boy with paper in his hair

       4. Detention for Charlie

       5. Billy’s oath

       6. Alice Angel

       7. The Book of Amadis

       8. The white moth

       9. A man trapped in glass

       10. The jailbird

       11. The Passing House

       12. Breaking the force-field

       13. The battle of oaths and spirits

       14. Children of the Queen

       15. The enchanted cape

       16. The wall of history

       17. The black yew

       18. Losing the balance

       19. Olivia’s talent

       20. The warrior

       21. The captives’ story

       About Egmont Press

      The children of the Red King, called the endowed

Manfred Bloor Son of the headmaster of Bloor’s Academy. A hypnotiser. He is descended from Borlath, eldest son of the Red King. Borlath was a brutal and sadistic tyrant.
Asa Pike A were-beast. He is descended from a tribe who lived in the Northern forests and kept strange beasts. Asa can change shape at dusk.
Billy Raven Billy can communicate with animals. One of his ancestors conversed with ravens that sat on a gibbet where dead men hung. For this talent he was banished from his village.
Lysander Sage Descended from an African wise man. He can call up his spirit ancestors.
Tancred Torsson A storm-bringer. His Scandinavian ancestor was named after the thunder god, Thor. Tancred can bring rain, wind, thunder and lightning.
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