Product Description

On the coldest night in memory, Henry Yewbeam's cousin Zeke tricks him into using the Time Twister, a beautiful marble full of shining colours that draws him into the future. In January 2002, Charlie meets Henry reappearing at Bloor's in the twenty-first century, and realises Henry's cousin is none other than old Ezekiel Bloor. Charlie and Fidelio are joined by Cook and the Flames in their attempts to hide Henry from Ezekiel's spies. But Manfred captures Henry, and although Mrs Bloor tried to save him, she vanishes with the Time Twister. With the help of the endowed, Charlie must enter the portrait of Skarpo the sorceror and retrieve the wand of a Welsh wizard.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16175 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
Jenny Nimmo lives in a converted watermill in Wales. Her husband, David, is a painter and print-maker, and all three of her children speak Welsh fluently. She finds Wales, a land of legends, a very inspiring place to live. For as long as she can remember, Jenny has loved books. She feels passionately that every child should have access to as many books as they want. Jenny enjoys writing about magic because it is inexplicable and unpredictable, and anything can happen. In 1986 her book, The Snow Spider, won the Smarties Grand Prix, and in 1987 it was awarded the Tir na n-Og by the Welsh Arts Council. The Rinaldi Ring, was chosen as Guardian Book of the Week and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and received a commendation.

Customer Reviews

Incredibly Enjoyable
Having only recently discovered and loved "Midnight for Charlie Bone" I was delighted to find that the next book in the series was already available. "The Time Twister" is even better! It is one of those books that you pick up and can only put down again once you have reached the end.

As you can guess from the title, this book features time travel. It starts with Charlie's great uncle (aged 11) being sent through time by his evil cousin and it is not too hard to guess where he ends up...

Although there are a lot of differences between the Charlie Bone books and those of Harry Potter, if you like Harry you'll love these books too. The plots twist and turn unpredictably and the story is truly magical, fun and very enjoyable. I can't wait for the next...

better second time round
i started by reading the first book in this series, "midnight for charlie bone", and although the book was good it was a bit disappointing as it seemed to be rushed towards the end and the lack of use of the endowments, but this second part to the story is much much better it goes deeper into charlies story as well as introducing us to another whole new story, which involves charlies great uncle who vanished nearly a hundred years before arriving in a whirl of mist at bloors academy, and the fight to keep him safe from the bloors who want rid of him.this is a great read , i would recomend anyone of any age to read it.

Henry Yewbeam twists through time in the time twister!
This book is about a boy who twists through time courtesy of the time twister, the shining glass marble with breathtaking views of the past or future. On January 12th 1916, Henry Yewbeam stumbles upon the time twister and twists through time to 1993, where he has very strange adventures.
Charlie Bone hoped the new term at Bloors Academy would hold no nasty suprises. But then Henry Yewbeam appears, twisted through time from the icy winter of 1916. With malicious Yewbeam aunts on the prowl and the Bloors out to catch him, Henry will need Charlie's help just to stay alive. Bloors Academy can be a very dangerous place.
I think this book is brilliant and full of classic fiction. I would recommend this book for ages 7 and up.