Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, heir to the Fowl family empire and centuries-old legacy of scams and underworld machinations, decides to uncover the secret treasure of the
Fairy People by stealing one of their magical books, decoding it with his computer, kidnapping leprechaun Holly Short, and taking on the entire forces of the fairy kingdom. Reprint. 200,000
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