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It's officially called the Children of the Red King series, but I always called them the Charlie Bone books after the protagonist. Plot revolved around a really old school in England that catered to intelligent students or those with talent for the arts, but it also had a select bunch of students from particular family lines (all leading back to a legendary magician called the Red King) that all had unique abilities, like summoning thunderstorms, turning into birds, and talking to/traveling into photographs and paintings.
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*Gasp!* I loved reading those! Actually, I started rereading them recently, but only got to the second before things got busy. The writing itself is definitely geared for a young audience, but I still love the plot and characters. Who says grown-ups can't read children's books? XD