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By Carrie R. Wheadon
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sequel is full of wild characters and exciting exploits.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 10+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Read
What's the Story?
In THE FOWL TWINS DENY ALL CHARGES, Myles and Beckett take out the family airplane in secret, and it doesn't end well. The first sign that the outing is a bust is the missile headed straight for them. The second: Strapped to the rocket, unconscious, is their fairy friend Lazuli. Unfortunately, rescuing Lazuli also means the end of the airplane. While Beckett thoroughly enjoys the ejector seats, he and Myles do not enjoy the talking to that they get from their dad, Artemis, Sr., when they get home. The twins' punishment is the worst they can imagine. They are to cut off ties with the fairy people and stop using NANNI, their supercomputer/supereverything. As much as Artemis Sr. wants to have a normal family life without fairies and AI, it's not in the cards. Militant dwarfs -- the ones who put Lazuli on a missile -- are still after the Fowl twins and have a plan to destroy the whole Fowl family.
Is It Any Good?
Here's yet another exciting adventure filled with wild and witty characters for fans of the Fowl family. While there's nothing totally unexpected for the series in The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges, this is adventure-fantasy done with lots of flair. The narrator's voice is one of the highlights, drawing the reader forward and backward in time, reminding of past crazy Fowl exploits (imagining them all as part of a huge file gathering dust in some fairy police precinct) and teasing us with all the adventures and discoveries yet to come for the amazing Fowl brothers. The narrator also sets up the villains' backstories with curious asides and fun ramblings, and, of course, clues us in to the ins and mostly outs of explosive dwarf gas -- now with the added stressor of Beckett's famous cluster punch.
The climactic action finds both twins in their own life-and-death struggles. Beckett must save his parents, and Myles must save thousands of innocents. The nail-biting finish will make you want to avoid elevators for a while. Still, readers will be clamoring to hop on board the next Fowl Twins adventure.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the narrator in The Fowl Twins Deny All Charges. How does the narrator add humor? Move the story through time? How does the narrator diffuse some of the tense moments of the story?
What did the narrator warn you about as you were reading? Why? How did the narrator let you know that everything was going to turn out OK?
Which Fowl brother or fairy friend would you like to be? Why?
Book Details
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- Genre : Fantasy
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Adventures , Family Stories ( Siblings ) , Friendship
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Disney-Hyperion
- Publication date : October 20, 2020
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 10 - 14
- Number of pages : 336
- Available on : Nook, Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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