patticom - , reviewed on 6/28/2008

In book 2 of the Charlie Bone series, the author really hits her stride and makes a clean break from all the glaring similarities with Harry Potter. Yes, he's still a boy at a special boarding school with messy hair and a best friend at school with flaming red hair. But the Charlie Bone books cover only one term instead of one semester, there is not a single over-arching bad guy, and he has many friends who are each major characters in their own right. Great reading for kids, and an enjoyable way for an adult to pass an afternoon too.

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