First sentence:"By the age of thirteen, our subject, Artemis Fowl, was displaying signs of an intellect greater than any human since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."
Description:
"Eoin Colfer's bestselling antihero is back in Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident--the superb sequel to the hyper-hyped Artemis Fowl, shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. The Arctic Incident sees the slightly older, perhaps slightly more mellow arch-criminal Artemis recovered from his last adventure, richer now that he has his half of a hoard of fairy gold, and happier since the Clarice Starlingesque superfairy Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon returned his mother's ailing mind to full health.
But there is still much unfinished business: Artemis Fowl Sr. disappeared when a daring escapade designed to free his family from their criminal--not to mention deeply lucrative--past and move the family's assets into legitimate enterprises went horribly wrong. Held captive by the Mafiya (the Russian organized crime syndicate) for over two years, he has been declared officially dead, but Artemis Jr. knows in his heart (yes, he does have one) that his beloved father is still alive, and he is determined to find him. Meanwhile Captain Short is temporarily on assignment to Customs and Excise as punishment for letting Fowl separate her and her People from their gold and is finding her stakeout duties a little dull. It soon becomes obvious that the pair have need of each other's considerable skills, and before long they are on track for an adventure that will ultimately have far-reaching consequences for both of them." -- from Amazon.com
I enjoyed this second book in the Artemis Fowl series. I especially liked how Artemis, Butler, Holly and Commander Root worked together to save the day. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, The Eternity Code.
Date read: 6/5/2009
Book #: 31
Challenges: 999 Challenge, Celebrate the Author Challenge 2009, Spring Reading Thing Challenge 2009
Series: Artemis Fowl, #2
Rating: 3*/5 = good
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 0439441439
ISBN-13: 9780439441438
Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2002
# of Pages: 277
Binding: Trade Paperback
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3 comments:
I read the first book in this series and then sort of stalled. I will have to continue on with it one of these days. Glad you enjoyed it!
It is extremely interesting for me to read this post. Thanx for it. I like such themes and anything that is connected to this matter. I would like to read a bit more soon.
Keep on posting such articles. I like to read blogs like this. BTW add more pics :)
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