Jenny Nimmo - Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock

Books by Jenny Nimmo

Midnight for Charlie Bone

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors

Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf

Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight

The Secret Kingdom

The Stones of Ravenglass

The Snow Spider trilogy

For Evelyn and Emyr Davies and their family.

First published in Great Britain 2008 by Egmont UK Limited

This edition published 2010

by Egmont UK Limited

239 Kensington High Street

London W8 6SA

Text copyright © 2008 Jenny Nimmo

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

ISBN 978 1 4052 4586 9

eISBN 978 1 7803 1208 8

www.egmont.co.uk

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Egmont is passionate about helping to preserve the world’s remaining ancient forests. We only use paper from legal and sustainable forest sources, so we know where every single tree comes from that goes into every paper that makes up every book.

This book is made from paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), an organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of forest resources. For more information on the FSC, please visit www.fsc.org. To learn more about Egmont’s sustainable paper policy, please visit www.egmont.co.uk/ethical.

Cover

Title page

Books by Jenny Nimmo Books by Jenny Nimmo Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone and the Time Twister Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone and the Red Knight The Secret Kingdom The Stones of Ravenglass The Snow Spider trilogy

Copyright For Evelyn and Emyr Davies and their family. First published in Great Britain 2008 by Egmont UK Limited This edition published 2010 by Egmont UK Limited 239 Kensington High Street London W8 6SA Text copyright © 2008 Jenny Nimmo The moral rights of the author have been asserted ISBN 978 1 4052 4586 9 eISBN 978 1 7803 1208 8 www.egmont.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Egmont is passionate about helping to preserve the world’s remaining ancient forests. We only use paper from legal and sustainable forest sources, so we know where every single tree comes from that goes into every paper that makes up every book. This book is made from paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), an organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of forest resources. For more information on the FSC, please visit www.fsc.org . To learn more about Egmont’s sustainable paper policy, please visit www.egmont.co.uk/ethical .

The endowed children

Prologue

1. The package in the cellar

2. The melting dog

3. Squirra stew

4. Green vapour

5. The Pets’ Café is closed

6. The poisoned net

7. An evil wind

8. Destruction in The Kettle Shop

9. Purr spells

10. Mr Bittermouse

11. Tancred’s note

12. A drowning

13. Charlie is excluded

14. The painting vanishes

15. The shadow’s palace

16. The spy

17. Travelling with the boa

18. A tiger without a heart

19. Lysander to the rescue

20. Amoret

About the Publisher

The endowed are all descended from the ten children of the Red King: a magician-king who left Africa in the twelfth century, accompanied by three leopards.