Children of the Red King

British author Jenny Nimmo is a children’s writer, creating imaginative fantasy stories for younger readers, having amassed a worldwide audience. Incorporating both fantasy and adventure into her novels, she has managed to create a rich and inventive number of franchises, all of which have an ever enduring appeal. This has lead to her becoming a highly prominent voice throughout the industry, creating countless iconic characters that have stayed with the reader long after they’ve put the books down. Taking the reader on a fun and immersive journey, she has transported them to far off worlds filled with excitement, as they manage to create a style that’s very much their own. Her series have allowed readers to lose themselves, showing her audience something that is quite altogether different from everything else on the literary scene. A series that perfectly exemplifies this is that of her much loved ‘Children of the Red King’ series of novels, which is also known as ‘The Charlie Bone’ series too. Following the eponymous protagonist, they chart his journey, as he comes to terms with his special power, which he discovers at the young age of just ten. This sees him undertake a number of strange and exciting adventures, as he goes about discovering who he is and how he can help people. Over the the course of the series he finds that he can read the subjects of photos minds just by looking at them, something which he uses to his advantage as time goes on. A fun and interesting set of novels, these manage to be accessible to children from all over the world, with the characters being easy to relate to and empathize with, something which shall continue for some time yet.