Charlie Bone and the Red Knight vs Half Moon Investigations: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Jenny Nimmo · 1900 ★★★★☆ 4.1 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Moderate

Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's…

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Cover of Half Moon Investigations Half Moon Investigations Eoin Colfer · 2006 ★★★★☆ 3.8 311 pages · ≈ 5 h 46 m · Light

Fletcher Moon has never been like other kids. For one thing, he has had to suffer the humiliating nickname "Half Moon" because of his short stature. But the real reason Fletcher is different is that ever since he was a…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Charlie Bone and the Red KnightHalf Moon Investigations
Goodreads — 3.8 (11645)
Hardcover 3.7 (22) 3.5 (44)
Google Books 5.0 (2) 5.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (33) 4.5 (39)

Reception

Charlie Bone and the Red KnightHalf Moon Investigations
Ratings 33 11645
Editions 14 16
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention 2144 251
Pages 400 311

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