Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer.
Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century.
Just twelve years old and already he's a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family's fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping.
Kidnapping a fairy for ransom, to be precise.
Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous - and extremely high-tech - fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war?
Let the misadventure begin.
'Fast-paced, tongue in cheek . . . laugh-out-loud' - Sunday Times
'A huge hit' - The Guardian
'Artemis is a brilliant creation' - Anthony Horowitz
***Winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award and Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award.***
****Enter Artemis's wicked world at www.artemisfowl.co.uk****
Eoin Colfer was born and raised in Wexford in the south-east of Ireland. He began writing plays at an early age and, as an adult, continued to write. ARTEMIS FOWL, his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards.
This book features in the following series: Artemis Fowl, Puffin Modern Classics .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Penguin Books Ltd .
Robert Dunbar said of Eoin Colfer's first novel, BENNY AND OMAR (an instant number one bestseller in Ireland), "A wonderful book, absolutely hilarious. "
This book contains the following stories:
The Opal Deception
Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing!
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards
This book was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised in the Children's Book category by the Whitbread Book Award.
The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.
Wh Smith Book Award
This book was recognised by the Wh Smith Book Award.
British Book Award
This book was recognised in the Wh Smith Children's Book of the Year category by the British Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down Prize category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 7-9 category by the Young Reader's Choice Award.
Massachusetts Book Award
This book was recognised by the Massachusetts Book Award.
Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book i Couldn'T Put down category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.
Bbc Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Whitbread Book Award.
Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
Texas Lone Star
This book was recognised by the Texas Lone Star.
