Book Review: Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy

Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy: Children of the Red King book 3, by Jenny Nimmo, Orchard Books, New York, 2004.


This adventure follows the course of the first three books.  In this book there is a boy to be saved, who has been abandoned in the castle for a year, since he was turned invisible by the blue boa.  Some versions of this book are titled "The Blue Boa".  Again it is only working as  team, that Charlie and his friends, using their special talents are able to save the boy.  Billy can talk to animals, and he convinces the snake to restore the boy.  They escape with the snake as well, who is going to become  a resident at the Pet's Café.  What really makes these stories is the myriad of interesting characters.  there is Charlie and his friend, Emilio, Benjamin, both boys without powers, and Emma who flies, Gabriel who can feel the history of garments, Lysander who summons spirits with spears, Tancred who manipulates weather and then Charlie's uncle, Paton who boost energy.