The Castle of Mirrors

Infobox Book |
name = The Castle of Mirrors


image_caption = First edition, 2005
author = Jenny Nimmo
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Children of the Red King
genre = Children's Fantasy novel
publisher = Egmont Books Ltd.
release_date = May 2005
media_type = Print (Hardback and Paperback)
pages = 235 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 978-1405201278 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa
followed_by = Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

"The Castle of Mirrors" (2005) is the fourth novel in the Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo. It has a different title in the North America, titled "Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors". [cite web | title=MBR: Children's Bookwatch, November 2005 | last= | first= | work=Midwest Book Review | url=http://www.midwestbookreview.com/cbw/nov_05.htm | date= | accessdate=2008-02-06 ]

Plot introduction

Charlie's magical gifts begin to take on a new dimension, as he attempts to escape a ghostly horse loose in the castle ruin. Strange new characters emerge, such as teacher Tantalus Ebony, florist Alice Angel and student Joshua Tilpin, who possesses the power of magentism. Meanwhile, Charlie's close friend Olivia begins to suffer a crisis when she is turned down for a movie role, and Billy Raven is ecstatic to be offered a home with the de Greys, although with devastating consequences. Charlie also comes a few steps closer to finding his lost father.

Plot summary

The book begins in old Ezekial's laboratory where he, Manfred and the great-aunts are performing an experiment.

Footnotes

References

*cite book | title=Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors | last=Nimmo | first=Jenny | authorlink=Jenny Nimmo | publisher=Egmont Books Ltd | location=London| edition=1st ed. | date=2005 | id=ISBN 978-1405201278