Eoin Colfer. Hyperion, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4231-6162-2
Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending W.A.R.P. series is an all-out blast. And its stars—17-year-old Chevie Savano, a quasi-disgraced FBI agent (of sorts), and Riley, the reluctant...
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Eoin Colfer. Overlook, $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-59020-463-4
Irish author Colfer, best known for his middle-grade Artemis Fowl series, makes his much anticipated crime novel debut with this pitch-perfect comic noir. Daniel McEvoy, an Irish army veteran turned doorman at a sleazy New Jersey casino, lives alone
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Eoin Colfer, Author Hyperion Books $12.95 (187p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5639-8
The paper-over-board The Artemis Fowl Files supplements Eoin Colfer's bestselling series, taking readers back to Holly Short's early days in the agency, where she works in Traffic and helps Captain Root defeat his villainous brother, Turnball. ""The
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Eoin Colfer, Author Hyperion Books $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4013-2358-5
At long last, the motley band from Douglas Adams's renowned five-book Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy have returned, thanks to Artemis Fowl author Colfer. When the Vogons return to finish obliterating Earth in our universe and all alternatives,
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Eoin Colfer, Author Hyperion $17.99 (412p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0750-7
An homage both to the 19th-century science fiction of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, and to the superheroes of Marvel and DC comics, Colfer\x92s latest brims with boy appeal. The story starts with the hero\x92s portentous birth in a hot air balloon...
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Eoin Colfer, Author Talk Miramax Books $16.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0801-4
Colfer's (Benny and Omar) crime caper fantasy, the first in a series, starts off with a slam-bang premise: anti-hero Artemis Fowl is a boy-genius last in line of a legendary crime family teetering on the brink of destruction. With the assistance of...
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Eoin Colfer. Overlook, $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4683-0170-0
At one point in bestseller Colfer’s violent, cartoonish sequel to 2011’s Plugged, Dan McEvoy, owner of a sleazy bar in Cloister, N.J., reckons that Irish gangster Mike Madden leaving him alone is “about as likely as a hyena spitting out a hunk of...
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion/Miramax $16.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-7868-4957-4
This tale from the author of Artemis Fowl tracks the hilarious exploits of brainiac Fletcher Moon, a mere 12 years old and already a graduate of an online detective course. His first case: über-brat April Devereux, "head of an entire tribe...
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Eoin Colfer, Author . O'Brien Press $7.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-86278-567-3
Fans of Irish author Colfer's Artemis Fowl
will find this contemporary novel a real change of pace. Benny Shaw's passion is hurling (an Irish version of field hockey), and he's crushed when his father's job takes the family to North
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Scholastic $6.99 (252p) ISBN 978-0-439-44336-4
"The author of Artemis Fowl
turns his keen wit to the afterlife in this darkly humorous tale," wrote PW
in a starred review of this novel, about an Irish girl who embarks on a journey to help the man she tried to rob before she was killed
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion $5.99 (309p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1493-0
In the second and third books in the series about the 13-year-old criminal mastermind, he proves he has a heart after all (in the former), and, in the latter, craves one more adventure before he turns to the straight and narrow. "Rapid-fire...
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion/Miramax $16.95 (267p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5148-5
Colfer's hard-luck tale will likely delight fans of his wildly popular Artemis Fowl series with its similar emphasis on high-tech gadgetry and fast-paced action. Set in the near future, the story concerns 14-year-old Cosmo Hill, an orphan living
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion/Miramax $16.95 (252p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1863-1
Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl books, turns his keen wit to the afterlife in this darkly humorous tale. Left in the care of a brutish stepfather after her mother's death, troubled 14-year-old Meg Finn gets more than she bargains for when a...
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion/Miramax $16.96 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1914-0
Even better than The Arctic Incident, this third fantasy thriller starring Artemis Fowl pits the 13-year-old criminal mastermind against his most cunning adversary yet—American billionaire Jon Spiro, owner of the high-tech firm Fission Chips.
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Eoin Colfer, Author . Hyperion $16.95 (278p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0855-7
Rocketing readers back into a world of modern fairies (they pack heat and wear motorized wings), Colfer here reunites 13-year-old antihero Artemis with his former kidnap victim, Captain Holly Short, an elf officer with the LEPrecon (Lower Elements...
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Eoin Colfer, read by John Keating. AudioGO, unabridged, seven CDs, 8 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-60998-471-7
The mixture of Colfer’s amusing prose and narrator John Keating’s comedic timing makes this audio production a thoroughly entertaining listening experience. Bouncer Daniel McEvoy just wants to work at a shady casino, detach from his past, and tend...
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Eoin Colfer, read by Maxwell Caulfield. Listening Library, unabridged, eight CDs, 9.5 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-8041-2335-8
Best known for his Artemis Fowl books, Colfer introduces a new YA series here with the first installment in his W.A.R.P. series. Set in Victorian London, an orphan boy named Riley falls into an apprenticeship with Albert Garrick, an illusionist-turne
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by Oliver Jeffers. Harper, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-237955-9
In this smart collaboration, Colfer and Jeffers introduce Fred, a seasoned imaginary friend. Fred knows the drill: he keeps lonely children company until a human friend appears, then clears out (“Usually by lunchtime on the second day, Fred would be
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Eoin Colfer, Author, John Keating, Read by , read by John Keating. Listening Library $44 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-5974-7
Colfer's (Artemis Fowl
) epic adventure story is winningly voiced by Keating, whose distinctive brogue transports listeners to the remote Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. The narrative begins with hero Conor Broekhart's birth in a hot-a
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Eoin Colfer, Author, Sean Patrick Reilly, Read by , read by Sean Patrick Reilly. Listening Library $34 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-3528-4
Both author and reader are certainly seasoned professionals: Colfer writes the popular Artemis Fowl series, and Reilly has worked steadily in films, television and on stage. But their joint effort here doesn't quite click. There's a coy,...
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Eoin Colfer, Author, Euan Morton, Read by , read by Euan Morton. Scholastic Audiobooks $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-439-92502-0
Morton’s bristly Scottish brogue emphasizes the fish-out-of-water stature of Colfer’s protagonist Benny, an Irish lad who finds himself transplanted, along with his family, to Tunisia. Benny is forced to leave his favorite game of...
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Eoin Colfer, Author, Glenn McCoy, Illustrator , illus. by Glenn McCoy. Hyperion/Miramax $4.99 (95p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5504-9
The titular librarian grumbles when two brothers arrive, but softens when she finds them hooked on books. "The story's comic moments, brevity and message are well targeted to reluctant readers," according to PW
. Ages 7-11. (Sept.)
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Eoin Colfer, Author, Glenn McCoy, Illustrator , illus. by Glenn McCoy. Hyperion/Miramax $12.95 (95p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5501-8
Colfer (Artemis Fowl
) launches a new series with this slender tale of two brothers, nine-year-old Will and 10-year-old Marty. Their mother, determined to find something educational for them to do during the summer, decides the boys should spend...
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Linda Sue Park, Author, David Almond, Author, Eoin Colfer, Author et al. Scholastic/Levine $16.99 (217p) ISBN 978-0-439-41138-7
Ten distinguished authors each write a chapter of this intriguing novel of mystery and family, which examines the lives touched by a photojournalist George Keane, aka Gee. The first chapter, by Linda Sue Park, begins with Gee’s death and how...
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Eoin Colfer. Disney-Hyperion, $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-368-04375-5
Colfer’s clever spin-off of the Artemis Fowl series focuses on Artemis Fowl’s twin younger brothers—hyperintelligent Myles and near-feral Beckett, both 11. With their older sibling on Mars, the fraternal twins are dragged into a madcap adventure...
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Eoin Colfer. Harper Perennial, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-293855-8
In his return to adult fiction, Colfer (the Artemis Fowl YA series) spins a twisty, tongue-in-cheek fantasy that’s part thriller, part action movie, and wholly irreverent. Vern is an ancient dragon, possibly the last of his species. He’s content to...
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by Chaaya Prabhat. Roaring Brook, $22.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-32194-7
An 11-year-old seeks the help of Santa Claus, retired to modern-day London following his wife’s death, in a warmhearted Christmas novel from Colfer (the Artemis Fowl series). To honor her late, Ghana-born, London-park-keeper father, Juniper Lane...
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by Chris Judge. Candlewick, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5362-3107-6
Young Erin has always seen animals in the clouds: “a dragon who had run out of puff, a fox who was late for school, and a polar bear who was making snowballs,” writes Colfer (the Artemis Fowl series), describing fancifully rendered clouds echoed in...
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by Steve McCarthy. Candlewick, $17.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-5362-4066-5
“Everybody in Ireland knows that banshees are supernatural harbingers of doom,” tasked with informing a human about when they will die, begins this moving title. But following a mishap at the moment
of meeting, Beanie—a sharp-nosed, green-skinned...
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Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illus. by Giovanni Rigano. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $14.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-1-4926-6214-3
This achingly poignant graphic novel by Colfer and Donkin, collaborators on the Artemis Fowl graphic novels, imagines how one Ghanaian orphan ends up adrift in the Mediterranean. Ebo’s older sister Sisi is already in Europe, and he knows his brother
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Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illus. by Giovanni Rigano. Sourcebooks, $24.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-7282-5723-5; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-7282-6219-2
Alternating survival narratives depict two youths in different locales overcoming perilous situations caused by climate change in this heart-pumping graphic novel from Colfer, Donkin, and Rigano, the team behind Illegal. Twelve-year-old Sami...
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick, $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0442-1
In this story of friendship and belonging, a mistreated dog and a persistent boy forge a relationship based on kindness and patience. A nameless puppy lives in constant fear of punishment after being adopted from “the loud man” with the “sour smell”
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Eoin Colfer, illus. by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick, $19.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-5362-2999-8
A quest that suggests certain death unfolds quite differently in this reason-centered fantasy novella by previous collaborators Colfer and Lynch (The Dog Who Lost His Bark). Calm, analytical Prince Lir is startled when his stepmother, Queen Nimh,...
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