num_pages: 288
description: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN: 9780786808014Artemis Fowl II is the son of a European crime lord, Artemis Senior. At the beginning of the book, his father has disappeared, along with the family’s fortune, and as a result his mother has gone into a catatonic state. Along with his friend and bodyguard Butler, Fowl discovers the existence of fairies and in order to capture one, decodes their Book. He eventually manages to capture LEPrecon officer Captain Holly Short, whom he then proceeds to hold hostage for money.LEPrecon Commander Julius Root soon finds out, and leads an attack against the “Mud Man” what the fairies refer to humans as in order to take Holly back. To do this, they recruit the fabulously flatulent dwarf Mulch Diggums, to tunnel into Fowl Manor. However, Fowl remains ahead of the posse and manages to escape unharmed.The desperate fairies attempt to stop time and “blue rinse” Fowl’s house (which works like an atomic bomb) except that it only affects living beings. However, Fowl notices that his mother has, because of her condition, escaped the stop. He uses some of her sleeping pills to escape, to the surprise of the fairies.Artemis gets to keep the gold, which is actually a ransom fund for the LEPrecon, but exchanges half of it in order to revive his mother…..By now you have the idea and can see why this innovative piece of children’s literature has been called…“Sort of like James Bond, Encyclopaedia Brown, and Grimms all rolled up in one. Highly entertaining.” and “a roller coaster of a plot introducing a host of high jinks and high-tech weaponry blending derring-do with snappy prose, memorable characters, and sly humour . . ... a crackling read.”
language: English
title: Artemis Fowl
titlecomplete: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
characters: Mulch Diggums, Chix Verbil, Dr Jerbal Argon, Nguyen Xuan, Corporal Grub Kelp, Juliet Butler, Domovoi Butler, Commander Julius Root, Captain Holly Short, Briar Cudgeon, Angeline Fowl, Professor Cumulus, Foaly, Captain Trouble Kelp, Artemis Fowl II
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Childrens, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 540946
places: Ho Chi Minh City, Ireland, Apulia, Italy, Vietnam, Martina Franca, Puglia
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: Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children