Children of the Red King is a series of eight children's fantasy school and adventure novels by the British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Egmont 2002 to 2009. It is sometimes called the "Charlie Bone series" after its main character. A series of five books was announced in advance, completed in 2006, and sometimes called the books were called the "Red King Quintet" until its continuation.
A prequel is in progress, Chronicles of the Red King, whose second volume was published April 2012. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database catalogs the whole as the "Charlie Bone Universe" series.
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