num_pages: 280
description: Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the 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...
language: English
title: Artemis Fowl
titlecomplete: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
characters: Foaly, Captain Trouble Kelp, Corporal Grub Kelp, Nguyen Xuan, Captain Holly Short, Domovoi Butler, Angeline Fowl, Commander Julius Root, Chix Verbil, Mulch Diggums, Professor Cumulus, Briar Cudgeon, Dr Jerbal Argon, Artemis Fowl II, Juliet Butler
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Magic, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Audiobook
ratings_count: 540930
places: Ireland, Apulia, Martina Franca, Puglia, Italy, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
series: Artemis Fowl
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Garden State Book Award
category: Fiction (Grades 6-8), awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Blue Hen Book Award
category: Chapter Book, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Intermediate
publisher: Viking