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| Original Title: | Skulduggery Pleasant |
| ISBN: | 0061231150 (ISBN13: 9780061231155) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.harpercollins.com/9780061231155/skulduggery-pleasant |
| Series: | Skulduggery Pleasant #1 |
| Characters: | Skulduggery Pleasant, Valkyrie Cain |
| Setting: | Ireland |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2008), Odyssey Award Nominee (2008), Red House Children's Book Award for Older Readers & Overall (2008), Bolton Children's Book Award (2008), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2011) Carnegie Medal Nominee (2008) |
Derek Landy
Hardcover | Pages: 392 pages Rating: 4.17 | 49931 Users | 3944 Reviews
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Meet Skulduggery Pleasant Ace Detective Snappy Dresser Razor–tongued Wit Crackerjack Sorcerer and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton —as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.
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| Title | : | Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant #1) |
| Author | : | Derek Landy |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 392 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2007 by HarperCollins |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Mystery. Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Magic. Adventure |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 49931 Users | 3944 ReviewsJudge Containing Books Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant #1)
I loved discovering this book; I thought it had a very fun mixture of magic, action, creepiness, and humor--plus, I really love the title character :-)Interesting odd little book, a dead wizard...sort of. Well, I mean he's a skeleton, and you know, no skin or organs...but he's not really dead. Sort of.Is this a kids book? It did strike me as odd how the reaction to a walking, talking skeleton didn't freak Stephanie out more completely.Not a bad book, help track down the Faceless ones...if you dare. hee hee hee ... (or is that bwa-ha-ha?)Some have suggested that there are some similarities between the Faceless Ones and Lovecraft's Great Old
Skulduggery Pleasant, book #1, by Derek Landy is probably a middle grade book but I don't care that I'm not. I laughed as hard as any school girl throughout this book! This is so fun, witty, full of snark (often from the girl), magic, and adventure...oh, and a skeleton as the main character! Oh sure, the girl is co-founded main character but who gets more looks in the car? Adult or child, add this to your list and do something good for your self. Do one better and go for the audible version, I
"So you won't keep anything from me again?" He put his hand to his chest. "Cross my heart and hope to die." "Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart," she said. "I know." "And technically, you've already died." "I know that too." "Just so we're clear."When Stephanie Edgleys Uncle Gordon a writer of horror novels passes away, she meets his one-time friend Skulduggery Pleasantwho just happens to be a skeleton wizard-detective, that believes he is invincible and has the worlds biggest
I really tried to like this book. I really did.I failed. My major issue was that it was all 150% predictable. The story felt like I had read it all before: A little Harry Potter with a little Mission Impossible and a pinch of X-Men and a grain of blabla. The character writing was superficial and especially the heroine, Stephanie, did not convince me at all. Flat, unlikeable, unbelievable, one-dimensional. From one day to the next, she lives in a world she didn't know existed, and guess what? She
Review first postedhttps://edwardsghostengine.wordpress....Usually, if a friend of recommends a young adult book featuring a magic and walking, talking skeleton....who is also wise cracking and hilarious I would have turned my nose up thinking it was too young and silly. But this book proved right from the first pages that it was worth giving a chance.First of all I loved Skulduggery from the moment we met him. He was funny, smart and also badass and the author did a really good job of making
This book is a world all its own; its endless wit and imagination is aimed at children and teens but can be enjoyed by all ages. Stephanie is definitely original, a change of pace from your run-of-the-mill sheeple characters, and her best friend/guardian/sidekick is one of the most intriguing and complex characters I've ever read about in a kid's book; Skulduggery might be a skeleton but he's definitely got a lot of personality!Skulduggery Pleasant has vibrant detail, vivid vocabulary and
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