18 books like Charlie Bone and the time twister

What to read after Charlie Bone and the time twister — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Geisterritter Cornelia Funke · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes. Shares: Boarding school students, Boarding schools, Child and youth fiction, Schools

Goodbye Mister Chips James Hilton · 1934 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Mr Chipping is a quiet, unassuming teacher, who never veers from his established routines. Then he meets Katherine, who charms him and his students and teaches Mr Chipping that education is about more than just the hours spent in the schoolroom. Shares: Boarding school students, Boarding schools, Schools, England

Rotten School #10 - The Rottenest Angel Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Angel Goodeboy is a perfect angel...You can almost picture a halo over his head! He even wears a T-shirt that says "Mommy's Little Angel."Bernie Bridges is horrified when Mrs. Heinie makes him share his room with Angel. She wants Angel's goodness to rub off on Bernie. But wait a minute—when no teachers are watching, Angel is no angel!The little sneak takes over Bernie's room. He steals away… Shares: Boarding school students, Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Charlie Bone is an ordinary boy until he became endowed. People who are endowed are descended from the Red King, a king full of magic, and had ten children. So when Charlie was discovered endowed, he was sent to Bloors Academy, which, in my opinion is miserable. As Charlie heads off to Bloors, he senses a mystery waiting for him. A mystery that involved a young girl who was hypnotized for 10… Shares: Boarding schools, Time Travel, Schools, England

Why I Quit Zombie School Robert Lawrence Stine · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 139p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When Matt's parents send him to a strange boarding school, where the students move at a dead-slow pace, he begins to suspect he has been enrolled in a school for zombies. Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Jenny Nimmo · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging 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 will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs. ---------- German-language description: Der finstere Schattenlord will Charlie Bones Stadt in seine Gewalt bringen und er hat… Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, England, Magic

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside… Shares: Child and youth fiction, Schools, Children's fiction

The shadow cabinet Maureen Johnson · 2015 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Rory, Callum and Boo are still reeling from a series of tragic events, while new dangers lurk around the city from Jane and her nefarious organization"-- Rory, Callum, and Boo are still reeling from a series of tragic events while new dangers lurk around the city from Jane and her nefarious organization. The plot contains mild profanity and violence. Book #3 Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Freaky Stuff Richard Tulloch · 2005 · ★ 4.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Brian Hobble wants to be a cool kid instead of dragging his little brother Matt around, but when a television series about zombies takes over Matt's life, Brian performs the ultimate uncool act to protect him from his obsession. Shares: Child and youth fiction, Brothers, Children's fiction

The Lives of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones · 1988 · ★ 4.4 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate PerfectBound e-book exclusive extras: "Diana Wynne Jones's The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Nine Notes"; and our exclusive interview with Diana Wynne Jones.His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the… Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, Magic, Fantasy fiction

A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a… Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, England, Children's fiction

What I Was Meg Rosoff · 2007 · ★ 3.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea. Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, England, Children's fiction

Missing the Piano Adam Rapp · 1994 · ★ 3.4 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive. Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, Children's fiction

Witch Week Diana Wynne Jones · 1982 · ★ 3.9 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an Inquisitor is summoned. Shares: Boarding schools, Schools, England, Fantasy fiction

Black Beauty Anna Sewell · 1905 · ★ 4.0 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main characters perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). "Black Beauty". Merriam Websters Encyclopedia of Literature. The novel became an immediate best-seller,… Shares: Child and youth fiction, England, Children's fiction

The Magic World Edith Nesbit · 1959 · ★ 3.8 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Twelve stories with magic occurrences. Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

Sorcery & Cecelia Patricia C. Wrede · 1988 · ★ 4.1 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate being the correspondence of two young ladies of quality regarding various magical scandals in London and the country In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits, which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards. A great deal is happening in London and the… Shares: Cousins, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox Marcia Thornton Jones · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate "There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the drama teacher directing the class play really be a robot?" Shares: School children, Schools, Children's fiction

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