Artemis Fowl-Artemis Fowl, Book 1

Now an original movie on Disney+, here is the book that started it all, the international bestseller about a teenage criminal mastermind and his siege against dangerous, tech-savvy fairies.

New York Times best-selling author, Eoin Colfer and series, Artemis Fowl!


Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies.

He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune.
But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?

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320 pages

Average rating: 6.55

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Carol.Ann
Nov 16, 2023
8/10 stars
It was so fun to listen to this story. The Audible version narrated by Nathaniel Parker is fantastic. I have fond memories of this series as it was one that my son loved as a kid. We'd anxiously await the release of each volume. The books were unique and clever not only in story but in format as well. The bottom of every page contains a coded message to be deciphered and he devotedly figured out every one of them. Over the years he has misplaced and lost some of the volumes, so for his birthday this year I was able to find and purchase the original editions of Volumes 1-5 for him. He's in his 30's now and we were both as thrilled to have these books today as we were when they first came out!
E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
James (6th grade) and I read this together. He liked it more than I did. We were both charmed that the characters were all Irish and the main boy character was morally complicated. Unfortunately, the writing made it confusing at times.

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