The Artemis Fowl Files - Softcover

Eoin Colfer is the New York Times best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series,Half Moon Investigations; The Supernaturalist,Eoin Colfer's Legend of Spud MurphyandLegend of Captain Crow's Teeth,andThe Wish List. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

Grade 5-8–No, this is not a sequel to the previous titles; it's a companion book. It includes two original short stories, one a prequel to Artemis Fowl (the first) about Captain Holly Short and how she became a member of the LEP, and the other a story about Artemis looking for the Fei Fei Tiara (Seventh Dwarf). In it, readers see Mulch working with Artemis for the first time. There are also games; readers can practice fairy code, learn the gnomish alphabet, do a crossword puzzle or a find-a-word (the latter may cause problems in libraries). Finally, they can read interviews with Artemis, Captain Short, Butler, Mulch Diggums, Foaly, Commander Root, and the author. With the write-in caveat in mind, this volume will give all of those Fowler fans something to read while waiting for the next book.–Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ
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