This book would suit the age group of perhaps 9-12, however I really enjoyed reading it myself. It’s a modern fairytale but with action and adventure interwoven. This book is about fairies but it is not the friendly fairies that we have read about before, it explores all the different types of fairies and their universe. I believe that this book will open children’s imagination and get them thinking about different species and different aspects of the world.
These fairies are living under the earth’s surface that has a police unit called the LEPrecon unit. We meet the main fairy in this unit, her name is Captain Holly Short. She loses her magical energy while helping the Retrieval Squad catch a troll that was interfering with human activity. She then goes to Ireland to carry out the ritual to get her powers back. This is when she meets Artemis Foul. He is a twelve year old boy who seems to be in charged of the family. His mother is sick in bed while his father left years before. The family is bankrupt and he decides that in order to get money to save the family he needs to kidnap a fairy and hold them for ransom as he has heard about the Hostage Fund of fairy gold. This twelve year old boy is a brilliant criminal mastermind.
This book is definitely a must read in my opinion as it really grabs your attention especially if you have never read anything like this before. It welcomes you to a different world and has you wanting to know more about them.