Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old criminal mastermind. Thanks to his father the Fowls have lost their billionaire status vitually overnight. Now, Artemis must come up with a scheme ingenius enough to regain the lost money.
So Artemis decides to attempt to steal gold from the fairy people, thanks to the information he got from the internet. Atemis then tricks a sprite into letting him see its copy of "the book", the book that all fairies must abide by. With infomation from "the book" Atremis kipnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon police squad, and ransoms her for a ton of fairy gold. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - a thief Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes Stealing/recovering/destroying Family relations Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Really unusual traits? Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - a teen Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Genius (really!) Setting Terrain Earth setting: - distant future - current (early 21st century) Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death scientific jargon? (SF only) - a lot of techical jargon How much dialogue? - little dialog |