Join the world of Artemis Fowl" the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. Just twelve years old & already he's a criminal genius plotting to restore his family's fortune with a spot of corruption & kidnapping. Kidnapping a fairy for ransom to be precise. Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed & dangerous
- & extremely high-tech
- fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war? Let the misadventure begin. " Fast-paced tongue in cheek.. .laugh-out-loud". (" Sunday Times"). "A huge hit". (" The Guardian"). " Artemis is a brilliant creation". (Anthony Horowitz). Winner of the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award & Children's Book of the Year at the Children's Book Awards. It is shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. Eoin Colfer was born & raised in Wexford in the south-east of Irel&. He began writing plays at an early age & as an adult continued to write. " Artemis Fowl" his first book featuring the brilliant young anti-hero was an immediate international bestseller & won several prestigious awards."