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July 1st 2006
by Miramax
(first published March 2006)
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Paperback, 304 pages
isbn
1423105095
(isbn13: 9781423105091)
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Fletcher Moon has never been like other kids. For one thing, he has had to suffer the humiliating nickname "Half Moon" because of his short …more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
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I'm a fan of the Artemis Foul books. I've listened to them all. Quite entertaining. If for no other reason than they're read by an Irishman. So, I figured I'd take a listen at another one of Colfer's books. Half-Moon Investigations is a solid book that spoke (no pun intended) to me personally.
As with the Artemis books, you've got a pre-teen boy that tries his very best to be as independent as possible, has a higher than average IQ, is witty, clever, and finds trouble around ever...more
As with the Artemis books, you've got a pre-teen boy that tries his very best to be as independent as possible, has a higher than average IQ, is witty, clever, and finds trouble around ever...more
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Read in November, 2006
I knew when smoky jazz filled the car that I was in for trouble, and I was right. I had to leave ten minutes early for everything because I just had to finish the chapter. The combination of Eoin Colfer's dime-store humor and Sean Patrick Reilly's melodramatic brogue makes me believe I have entered the world of a P.I.
The characters are just wonderful, falling into mystery novel stereotypes while still managing to surprise you at every turn. The plot is engaging, the dialogue is ente...more
The characters are just wonderful, falling into mystery novel stereotypes while still managing to surprise you at every turn. The plot is engaging, the dialogue is ente...more
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Read in March, 2010
Technically I think this is juvenile fiction, geared more for the 9-13 year olds (think the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys age range and genre). It’s set in Ireland and follows junior detective Fletcher Moon. Fletcher is a bright, if odd, boy who has honestly finished a correspondence degree to get a P.I. license (signing up using his dad’s birth certificate). Mostly he solves schoolyard crimes. This often brings him into conflict with Herod “Roddy” Sharkey and his older brother Red. ...more
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Read in May, 2007
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young people who like "Monk" or any good crime drama
Great book. An aspiring detective tries to detect-ify his way through what at first seems like a simple juvenile crime, but turns out to be a chain of... course, I won't give away the ending for you.
I already liked Colfer for the Artemis Fowl series when I first read this book in the 7th grade, and this just reinforced my opinion. Colfer manages to pull off a great mystery and quite a good interpersonal relations tale from a (junior?) high school perspective. A few other YA mystery novels ...more
I already liked Colfer for the Artemis Fowl series when I first read this book in the 7th grade, and this just reinforced my opinion. Colfer manages to pull off a great mystery and quite a good interpersonal relations tale from a (junior?) high school perspective. A few other YA mystery novels ...more
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My name is Moon. Fletcher Moon. And I'm a private detective. In my twelve years on this spinning ball we call Earth, I've seen a lot of things normal people never see. I've seen lunch boxes stripped of everything except fruit. I've seen counterfeit homework networks that operated in five counties, and I've seen truckloads of candy taken from babies.
I thought I'd seen it all. I had paid so many visits to the gutter looking for lost valentines, that I thought nothing could shock ...more
I thought I'd seen it all. I had paid so many visits to the gutter looking for lost valentines, that I thought nothing could shock ...more
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Oh I loved this book! I listened to it on my ipod, read by a dude with an Irish accent (It takes place in Ireland.) I sincerely giggled in several parts. Fletcher Moon takes an online course to become a detective. Since he is only 12, he had to “borrow” his dad’s ID to actually receive his official private detective license.
He solves crimes in the playground, mostly for chocolate. But he finally gets a “real” case for 10 Euros. As he gets caught up in the case, he i...more
He solves crimes in the playground, mostly for chocolate. But he finally gets a “real” case for 10 Euros. As he gets caught up in the case, he i...more
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Read in March, 2009
Ages 10 to 13
Eoin Colfer’s established his unique voice that melds a razor sharp wit, likeable villains, and just-in-time plot twists, and brilliant kids in his bestselling series Artemis Fowl. With the book Half Moon Investigations, Colfer offers nothing less than this distinctive voice in classic noir style. Twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon, who suffers the nickname "Half Moon" because of his small stature and nerdly ways, helps solve crimes for classmates and others in his Iri...more
Eoin Colfer’s established his unique voice that melds a razor sharp wit, likeable villains, and just-in-time plot twists, and brilliant kids in his bestselling series Artemis Fowl. With the book Half Moon Investigations, Colfer offers nothing less than this distinctive voice in classic noir style. Twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon, who suffers the nickname "Half Moon" because of his small stature and nerdly ways, helps solve crimes for classmates and others in his Iri...more
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Read in August, 2009
HALF MOON INVESTIGATIONS is sort of a mystery. The main character Fletcher (Half Moon) Moon is accused of arson. He escapes from the police and with the help of the notorious Sharkey family has to figure out who really did it. Fletcher’s main internal conflict trying to solve the mystery by any means possible. That means even breaking the law to find the real criminal. His main external conflict is not being caught by the police.
Through the book I noticed that Fletcher was an extr...more
Through the book I noticed that Fletcher was an extr...more
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The book read as it should for say an... eleven-year-old. There were no difficult phrases full of prose or metaphor and each page had about five words, so it went by almost too quickly. It was also very innocent and true to that age, not crass in any way. However, the witty and often dry humor actually made me laugh out loud at different parts.
The main character is kind of a nerd, but you've got to love his sleuthing. He's just too wise for his age. He dislikes that people don't take...more
The main character is kind of a nerd, but you've got to love his sleuthing. He's just too wise for his age. He dislikes that people don't take...more
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This was my first foray into audiobooks. I was mostly listening to it to have some variety in my children's literature portfolio. It was funny, and I especially thought the way the guy did the voice for the girly characters was hilarious, since he also had this Scottish brogue thing going on, but I kept forgetting what had been happening, and turning my car off mid-sentence didn't help either. So I listened enough to get an idea of what it was like to listen to an audiobook and then moved on ...more
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Read in December, 2008
recommended to Jackie by:
Peter S. and Nikitha G.
Fletcher (Half-Moon) Moon is 12 and is a full-fledged detective. He graduated top of his Internet class and is the world's youngest detective. When April Devereux, a 10-year-old vision in pink, hires him to investigate some petty thefts, and other minor infractions of the law, Fletcher soon realizes he is a little over his head. He is attacked and left bruised and broken. He wakes up in the hospital, with a splitting headache, a purple face and a mashed-up arm.
On the other end of th...more
On the other end of th...more
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Read in February, 2010
Braden was required to read this for class. He was almost to the end and had no idea what the main theme was because he couldn't get into it. I worried his grade would reflect that and sat down with him and the book on Saturday. It is a really cute mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. There were even some great sarcastic comments that kept us laughing. However, I was disappointed in the amount of times the Lord's name was taken in vain. I hate when authors put that stuff in books that ...more
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I found this book in the library and I saw that the author is Eoin Colfer and the series of Artemis Fowl sprang up in my mind. I know that he is an amazing author and decided to read it. This book is about a 12 year old boy is is solving small crime cases but then finds himself into a dangerous adventure. The book is some what easy so I read it to help relax myself. I love the book because it a funny story about something that is really serious. It take a lot of work to include humor into someth...more
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A great book by a great author. The book keeps your blood pumping to the end.
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Read in April, 2009
I was planning to get round at last to reading the author's Artemis Fowl and somehow ended up with this book in my hands instead. 12-year-old Fletcher Moon, nicknamed "Half" because he's small, is obsessed with the notion of being a detective. There's a crime wave hitting his school, and he's commissioned by one of the "pink girls" to solve the mystery of a stolen lock of a pop star's hair, bought from eBay and now purloined. Following clues, he discovers this theft is ...more
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This was a dang funny book. We listened to it on CD on our trip to CA. When we first started listening to it, we had a suburban full of kids (our 5 plus 3 cousins), and there was continuous giggling throughout the car. Then the kids kept quoting parts of it over the next few days. Some parts of it seemed pretty difficult to believe; definitely a stretch in some places. But the author really nailed elementary school life from a kid's point of view, but made it way funnier and more exciting. ...more
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recommends it for: People with a good sense of humor
recommends it for: People with a good sense of humor
Colfer's wry humor, quirky characters, and wonderfully weird but oh-so-real plot make this book one of my favorites. It rises above the early Artemis Fowl books (and way way way above The Supernaturalists!) to new heights. The people contained in these pages are fantastic to quote in everyday situations: people like Fletcher Moon, called Half-Moon for his height, who is a fully qualified detective at twelve years old; Red Sharkey the adorable punk who wants to go straight despite his decidedly...more
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Read in September, 2006
My parents and I listened to this book on CD while we made the hellacious drive from central Virginia to Long Island, New York, on a FRIDAY AFTERNOON!! Yes, that meant we had to go through Friday afternoon traffic in Washington, D.C. and then Friday evening traffic in the New York metro area. It sucked. (I *told* them leaving Friday at 1PM was suicide, but no one ever listens to me...)
Young Fletcher Moon was the only thing that made the trip bearable for me. The narrator perfectly und...more
Young Fletcher Moon was the only thing that made the trip bearable for me. The narrator perfectly und...more
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Read in October, 2008
recommends it for:
earle teens
I have noticed that Colfer has the knack of starting as book very abruplty by not giving an introduction just explaining everything in the main storyline. I think that may be the reason i consider hima genius as usually authors start by explaining te story and what is it about and it's characters.But not for Colfer he is a step ahead.I loved the Artemis Fowl series truly gripping and sensational to the last moment. This book is great but i am missing the technology facts which were there in Arte...more
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Read in October, 2006
From a blog post I wrote in 2006:
I really like Eoin Colfer's books. His Artemis Fowl series about an adolescent master thief is very entertaining, and though written for kids, gives the reading audience credit for being intelligent.
Since his books are classified as "Juvenile", they're in the kids' section at our library. To get to them, I had to cross the bridge across a moat and enter the "castle" which is where all of the kid selections are kept.
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I really like Eoin Colfer's books. His Artemis Fowl series about an adolescent master thief is very entertaining, and though written for kids, gives the reading audience credit for being intelligent.
Since his books are classified as "Juvenile", they're in the kids' section at our library. To get to them, I had to cross the bridge across a moat and enter the "castle" which is where all of the kid selections are kept.
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