num_pages: 403
description: Alternate cover edition can be found here.Meet Skulduggery Pleasant  Ace Detective Snappy Dresser Razor–tongued Wit Crackerjack Sorcerer and Walking, Talking,  Fire-throwing Skeleton —as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.  These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.  The end of the world?  Over his dead body. Book Details: 
   Format: Hardcover 
   Publication Date: 5/6/2008 
   Pages: 400 
   Reading Level: Age 8 and Up 
 
language: English
title: Playing with Fire
titlecomplete: Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
characters: Skulduggery Pleasant, Valkyrie Cain
genres: Adventure, Paranormal, Fantasy, Mystery, Urban Fantasy, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 30895
places: Dublin, London, England
series: Skulduggery Pleasant
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award
category: Irish Children's Book of the Year - Snr
publisher: HarperCollins