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Artemis Fowl Book 5: The Lost Colony
- By Eoin Colfer
- Genre: Fantasy
Common Sense Media says
Fifth in series is less edgy, but still exciting.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that there's a fair amount of violence here, though less than in previous entries in the series. Also, Artemis has given up his criminal ways and now fights to help others.
What's the story?
Former LEP Captain Holly Short is called back into service in Foaly's new (and very well-funded) post in the secretive Section Eight. Demons, the Eighth Family of the Fairy People, have begun appearing on Earth, and Artemis Fowl seems to be able to predict when and where.
But someone else, another genius child named Minerva Paradizo, has figured it out, too, and manages to capture a small imp named No. 1. Artemis agrees to help Holly and the Fairies rescue the imp before more humans find out about him and start searching for more -- which might lead them to the Fairy underground.
Is it any good?
As the series evolves, Artemis has lost the last traces of his criminal bent, almost becoming the millennial version of a boy scout. He and the Fairies are now solidly on the same side and good friends. Even the violence has been dialed back a bit. With his brilliance, technology, family organization, and world-spanning adventuring, Artemis has become a sort of Tom Swift for the 21st century.
Five books into the series the relationships and motivations are getting more complex, so it is best to start with the first book. Author Eoin Colfer seems to like putting Artemis up against other geniuses but Minerva, who doesn't really mean any harm, is no Opal Koboi (for the uninitiated, she's the maniacal villain from books 2 and 4). So with THE LOST COLONY the series returns to the pleasure of seeing Artemis, always in charge and unflappable, work out his complicated plans; he's not off-balance and one step behind, like in the fourth book.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what seems to be becoming a trend in the series: criminals going straight. First Artemis, then Mulch, then Doodah. Given that all of them were successful criminals, why might they find helping others more satisfying? Also, is Minerva's drive for a Nobel Prize better than Artemis' past goal for wealth and technology?
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It can't end like this,,,
THis book is so cool! He starts noticing his puberty and I think he likes that other girl genius Minerva. But at the end of the story, he returns from the time tunnel 3 years later and his parents have twins and that sort of ruined the series because he is now 18 and not all too exciting. Eoin Colfer has to have another book to correct this.
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terrific!
this is a great book. parts are really funny (artemis grumbling about 'this blasted puberty'). imp no. 1 is a goos character. (when he finds his nearly limitless vocabulary, he starts chuckling to himself over words he's delighted to find out. 'pink. ooh, what a nice word. bubble! they're so undemonlike!') the way artemis brought holly back to life is a really cool concept. i'm still in shock that artemis gets siblings. wonder how that'll work outif the series continues...
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sweeeeeeeet
This book is surely my favorite of the series! Artemis has met his match at last with the 12-year-old-college-grad-child-genius Minerva!! No1, an imp who refuses to warp or mature, has escaped to the human dimension, where he is captured by Minerva. Artemis must find out where more demons will pop up. He must fight them before all is lost.
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AGE
well first of all i think that artemis fowl is fo 11 year olds because the book has a small amount of language but the book is very interesting so 11 is mor age appropriate
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Drivel. But fun drivel.
These books are written for middle school boys. Need I say more?
Expect flatulence and flat characters. Imagination and International intrigue gives these books fun fast paced reading.
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AGE
Great for the average tween.
Excellent book, filled with suspense.
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Really fun, sometimes weirder than necessary
This is a fun series of books for just about anybody. It was funny and fun to watch the mastermind kid doing these things that really ticks off the fairies. There is nothing to worry about with violence or anything, I would just recommend a comprehensive reader reading this, but if youre 2 and you read novels theres nothing that should freak you out or anything, theres no blood or intense violence. There are also no flat out shooting scenes, its always creative and unrealistic (unrealistic is good in this case)
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Still fun, sill exciting.
.7% Action
.3% Humor
199% Fun
(Out of 200%)
Fith in the series, it throws away all that made Artemis seem like Darth Vader. It replaces Darth Vader with someone more noble, while adding more evil or misunderstood characters. Action is still there, Humor is still there. Expect all the awesome things here. Bottom Line: Read, or be.....whatever you are.
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must read
this is an awesome book, along with all the others in the Artemis Fowl series. some parts made me kind of mad when my favorite character dies, but Eoin Colfer makes a drastic change for the good with Artemis saving everyone in his own way. the end was a little dissapointing, but it just makes way for another great book in this series.
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| Author: | Eoin Colfer |
| Book type: | Fiction |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Publisher: | Hyperion Books for Children |
| Publication date: | November 5, 2006 |
| Number of pages: | 385 |
| Hardcover price: | $16.95 |
| Publisher's recommended age(s): | 10 - 14 |
| Read aloud: | 9 |
| Read alone: | 10 |
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