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Midnight for Charlie Bone

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Charlie's father. He was imprisoned in Bloor's Academy for years, where he posed as a piano teacher. When Charlie starts attending the Academy he sees him without ever realising who he really is. After finally discovering where he's been hidden, Charlie is quite bitter about this. Final Battle: Finally happens in the eighth book, against Count Harken and his army. The good guys win.

As I mentioned before, Midnight for Charlie Bone is the first book in a series. Although the immediate problem in the story was solved and the author gave the impression that everything was fine for the characters, it was quite obvious that it wasn’t and the very last line of the story confirmed this. However, I didn’t feel cheated and I don’t feel as if I have to read the next book (although I will, because I’ve already got it). Lyell Bone is the husband of Amy Bone and the son of Grizelda Yewbeam and Montague Bone. Lyell disappeared after "breaking the rules"; he was looked down on for marrying Amy Bone because she wasn't endowed. Charlie was told that he was in a car accident, and that he drove into a quarry. In reality, Lyell was hypnotised by Manfred Bloor. Lyell is not endowed; however he is a very talented musician, especially in piano and the organ. In book 8, it is revealed that he is the heir to Bloor's Academy. [4] Also, he and Charlie are the only two children of the Red King that are descendants of Borlath, Amadis, and Amoret. Heel–Face Revolving Door: Dagbert Endless, whose morality changes with the moon. At the end, he seems to have finally settled somewhere on the "good" spectrum. Billy Raven switches to the bad side for several books before rejoining the heroes.Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: Most of the evil endowed exhibit this. Particularly Manfred, who crushed his own mother's hand and used his endowment to render a grown man utterly helpless, all when he was just thirteen and nine years old respectively. Have We Met Yet?: When Amy and Charlie go to Bloor's Academy in the fifth book to finally awaken Lyell, Lyell doesn't recognise them. Two-Act Structure: The first five books focus on Charlie and his friends as they try and foil the Bloors' evil plans and rescue some of the Bloors' many victims. Throughout it all Charlie strives to find his father, who was hypnotised and lost long ago. He does eventually, and they bring him home in the fifth book. The last three books focus on the quest to find Maybelle's will and lead up to Harken's second (and final) attempt to take over the city.

Police Are Useless: Justified, since there's not much the police can do about magical crimes, especially when they've got their hands full with the mundane variety already. Though one does help Charlie's mother offscreen in the last book. It's supposed to be a school for geniuses. Okay, sure. There wasn't much to indicate that anyone there was actually very smart, but alright. But then, it's also a school for the "endowed" kids. Why? What purpose does it serve to have any of those kids there? There's no training for any of them, and there's no management of their powers at all. Well, other than their endowed only homework session. Not any special homework, of course. They just all have to sit at the same table, work on whatever they have, and not talk. It was entirely pointless. Beauty Equals Goodness: Miss Chrystal/Titania Tilpin gets increasingly ugly after she turns out to be an evil witch. Don't Explain the Joke: "I think they only put 'FISH' up on that sign to explain the smell, if you catch me. And not because they're selling any." Heroic Sacrifice: Zobayda, who throws herself into a river in the first book to protect Timoken and stop the viridees from obtaining the jinni's ring.

Plot: What's the story about?

Intergenerational Friendship: Most of the good children are close friends with the Onimouses and Treasure/Cook, who are all middle-aged adults. Other notable friendships include that of Charlie and Paton, who become very close by the end of the series, and also Lyell and Bartholomew Bloor, who is old enough to be Lyell's grandfather. Emma being hypnotized was totally unnecessary and pretty stupid. A two year old has no clue what their true identity is. If a child is kidnapped at that age and raised away from their family, they don't remember their family. Emma "waking up" was just stupid. What was she waking up from? It's the only life she ever knew. Crappy maybe, but not something she'd see as being wrong just because some switch was flipped in her brain.

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