num_pages: 280
description: 'STAY BACK, HUMAN.YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH.'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 faries 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: Chix Verbil, Foaly, Corporal Grub Kelp, Artemis Fowl II, Domovoi Butler, Captain Holly Short, Angeline Fowl, Dr Jerbal Argon, Professor Cumulus, Mulch Diggums, Captain Trouble Kelp, Juliet Butler, Briar Cudgeon, Nguyen Xuan, Commander Julius Root
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Magic, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 541009
places: Ireland, Italy, Martina Franca, Puglia, Ho Chi Minh City, Apulia, Vietnam
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: Puffin Books