Monday, May 9, 2011

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Colfer adn Donkin



Bibliography
Colfer, E. and A. Donkin. (2007). Artemis Fowl: The graphic novel. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Not Paginated

Plot
Artemis Fowl is the world’s most dangerous mastermind. A young boy with great intelligence and wealth, what he desires most is to rule the world. With the help of his bodyguard, Butler, the twelve year old plans to capture a fairy in order to ransom him or her for fairy gold. Artemis begins his plans by apprehending the fairy book. This book becomes the catalyst for Artemis’ plan allowing him to understand the aspects of fairy life and lore. Using this new found knowledge, Artemis traps a young recon officer, Holly Short. Suddenly the Lower Elements Police is hot on Artemis’ trail trying to regain control over the book as well as save Holly.

Review
This graphic novel is an adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s very popular Artemis Fowl series. A collaboration between Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, the novel oversimplifies Artemis’ character, his machinations, and his issues with morality. Nevertheless, it does a good job with the basic plotlines of the original story. The authors though did an excellent job giving background information of the characters through top secret files. The illustrations also add to the novel, the angular and geometric inspirations give the fairies a more fantastic depiction. Overall, the graphic novel is not as interesting as the actual book, but it does give the readers an idea of the main parts of the book.

Genre
Graphic Novel

Reading Level/Interest Level
This novel would appeal to readers in 5th – 8th grade.

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Personal thoughts
I prefer reading the original book over the graphic novel, but I found this book to be a good basic idea of the plotline.

Subjects/themes
Family Life
Corruption
Criminal Activities

Awards
No known awards.

Series information
The graphic novel is the first in a series of three.
This book is an adaptation of a novel series.

Character names/descriptions
Artemis Fowl: A 12 year old boy who is one of the world’s most dangerous masterminds.

Butler: Artemis’ bodyguard and servant.

Holly Short: A Fairy who is kidnapped by Artemis Fowl.

Annotation
Read the story of the world’s greatest mastermind, Artemis Fowl, now in graphic novel.

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