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Artemis Fowl
By Eoin Colfer
Book 1 of 8 in the
Artemis Fowl Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 8 | Y | 5 | 56684 |
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. It is shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. 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.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780141339399
ISBN-10: 014133939X
Published on 4/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
Book Reviews (113)
This has been my absolute favorite book since 5th grade (I'm in 8th now)!!! It's really great and exciting. Imagine living the life as a mastermind genius and a billionaire but then, you discover there's a whole new world out there. Of FAIRIES! But not the pretty little butterfly ones you get out of a fairy tale, ones that have developed their own underground civilization with high tech equipment and have progressed further than humans have! This s a great book and I recommend it to everyone!!!
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this book is filled with adventure!
this book was pretty good and i recommend it. sci-fi and fantasy is always good! Fowl is smart and is only 12 years old. wow!
I'll describe this. FAIRIES and Dwarves and SHuttles and Centaurs and other creatures with gold payments kidnapping Ransom
I like mystery books, so I love this book!
Artemis Fowl is the first book in the Artemis Fowl series. The main character, Artemis, is just 12 years old, but is a criminal mastermind; with intellect much greater than people thrice his age. However, he uses his mental powers to create devilish plans, like when he decides to capture a dangerous, hi-tech and armed fairy working for the LEPrecon Unit. Artemis is used to having things working out his way, and when his brilliant plan turns backwards, he and his loyal bodyguard, Butler, must work together for their own good. This was an awesome, sci-fi and fantasy type of novel. It was pretty jaw-dropping to see Artemis Fowl, who was barely a teenager, outsmarting all of these adults and intelligent life forms (aka fairies and centaurs). At first, I didn't have much interest in this book, until my little bro convinced me to read it. And I'm pretty glad I did, seeing how so many intelligent processes, terms, and also simply thoughts themselves are expressed in Artemis's mind! And even on top of that, I think that the dangerous and elusive fairy-kind are a hugely action-packed part of the book!
Well, I really love Arty Fowl. Sometimes the words may be difficult, but overall, it is a great book that you can easily picture in your head. This goes for all the books in the series.
I love this book so much, 5 stars *****
So, you don't think Fairies are real, huh? Well, try this on for size. Artemis Fowl- Child Genius and Criminal Mastermind. He's a kid, obviously. However, he's not like the rest. After the discovery of a magical book leads Artemis on a trail of breadcrumbs, there is only one thing he must do to keep the Estate's financial security intact- He must do the impossible. Tonight, Artemis Fowl, will catch a fairy. But not one of those little things with wings that like to hang out with Peter Pan- no, these fairies are very much different. Armed to the teeth, these fairies will blast you to kingdom come despite being only 3 feet tall. But Artemis will catch one. Join Artemis and his hulking beast of a bodyguard Butler, as they do the most impossible and implausible heist of this century or the next; They will take a fairies' gold, and escape the dreaded Time Stop. Will they manage to prove the existence of fairies and take their gold? Or will this endeavour just make them the laughing stock of the whole world? If you want to be a mastermind, you have to think like one.