Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you've got the mother of all sieges brewing! ARTEMIS FOWL - it's Die Hard...with fairies.
Accolades
Winner of British Book Awards: WH Smith Children's Book of the Year Award 2002.
Winner of WH Smith Book Awards (Children's Book of the Year) 2002.
Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: Children's Book Category 2001.
Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2002.
Shortlisted for Blue Peter Children's Book Awards: The Book I Couldn't Put Down 2002.
Shortlisted for Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001.
Author Biography
Robert Dunbar said of Eoin Colfer's first novel, BENNY AND OMAR (an instant number one bestseller in Ireland), "A wonderful book, absolutely hilarious." Eoin is a teacher and lives in Wexford with his wife and son.
