Artemis Fowl By Eoin Colfer

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In the novel called Artemis fowl written by Eoin Colfer, a young boy named Artemis Fowl II, is an intelligent young man who earns money by committing crimes to earn a living. After Artemis gets a book called “The book of the people” a mystical fairy book, he becomes inspired by the book and as a result, plans to steal gold from the leprechaun’s. Therefore, he kidnaps a fairy named Holly Short who is a captain that works for the lower department of the police called the LEP. This is an organization that polices for mythical creatures such as trolls, goblins and fairies. Hence, Holly tries to escape Artemis, but because Artemis reads the the fairy lore, he is well aware of holly’s tricks. Artemis seeks assistance from his family members, Butler

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