Jenny Nimmo

"A dark secret has been unearthed at Bloor's Academy for gifted children, and all of the creatures of the city have fled in terror. Then a cryptic warning arrives in the dead of night. Charlie Bone and his friends must decipher the message in order to save the animals. But time is running out-- and Charlie's family are in danger too... "--Page 4 of cover.

To purge the anger from an ancient Welsh demonic god that he had helped release, and to soothe a moody, troubled soldier, Gwyn Griffiths draws on the strength of his namesake and ancestor in Welsh magic, Gwydion Gwyn.

Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his ninth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.

Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil virideed, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir.

"When voices in photographs start whispering to Charlie Bone, his ordinary life becomes very unusual indeed. With his new magical talent, Charlie is off to Bloor's Academy for gifted children. But the school is a dangerous place, full of dark secrets from the past--and he discovers that even his own family can't be trusted. Can Charlie and his friends use their gifts to solve the mystery of a lost girl?"--Page 4 of cover.

"It's a new year at Bloor's Academy for gifted children. But, for Charlie Bone, school is a dangerous place. He has powerful enemies who resent his magical gift. The Bloors want him dead, and they've created the perfect weapon to do it. Can the secrets of the Castle of Mirrors help Charlie and his friends outwit them once again?"--Page 4 of cover.

After years of having moved around, eleven-year-old Dinah determines to make a huge, dilapidated old mansion into a home for her mother and herself, but the wild beasts she summons from a stone wall to protect her may also imprison her.

Timoken has been living in apparent safety at Castle Melyntha with his sister, Zobayda, but when he is betrayed and attacked, he is forced to flee into the forest with his magic camel and the wizard Eri, leaving his sister behind.

Esmeralda can lift her parents high in the air but the children next door, whom Esmeralda would like to play with, are scared of her size and strength.

"There's a strange new student at Bloor's Academy for gifted children. Like Charlie Bone, who can hear pictures speak, Belle has a magical talent--but she's keeping it a secret. Does Belle have something to do with the mysterious creature that is haunting the halls of the school? And what about the boy who vanished all those years ago? Charlie is desperate to discover the truth, but it seems that not everyone wants the mystery to be solved..."--Page...