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!
‘Center for Children’s Books’ Blue Ribbon Award (2001); Texas Lone Star Reading List (2002–2003); ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults (2002); Massachusetts Children's Book Award (2003); Blue Hen Book Award for Chapter Book (2003); Garden State Teen Book Award for Fiction (Grades 6-8) (2004); Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Intermediate Readers (2004)
About the Artemis Fowl Series
Books in series order
- 1.Artemis Fowl(2001)
- 2.Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident(2002)
- 3.Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code(2003)
- 4.Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception(2004)
- 5.Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony(2006)
- 6.Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox(2008)
- 7.Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex(2010)
- 8.Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian(2012)
- +The Artemis Fowl Files(2004)
- +The Seventh Dwarf(2004)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius and, above all, a criminal mastermind: the perfect anti-hero. Artemis combines the astuteness of Sherlock Holmes with the sangfroid of James Bond and the attitude of Attila the Hun. But even Artemis doesn't realise what he has taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories. These fairies are armed and they're dangerous. Artemis thinks he's got them just where he wants them, but then they stop playing by the rules...