Official SummaryWhen 12-year-old Stephanie's eccentric Uncle Gordon dies, a mysterious man bundled in an overcoat, scarf, sunglasses, and a hat shows up at both the funeral and the reading of the will. This man, as it turns out, is Skulduggery Pleasant, a walking, talking skeleton who rescues Stephanie when she is attacked while alone in the house that she has just inherited. It seems that a particularly evil person named Serpine is trying to obtain a scepter that will allow him to rule the world. Stephanie is swept into a world of magic, secrets, power, and intrigue as she and Skulduggery try to keep one step ahead of Serpine and various other nefarious folk.
My Two Cents
Now, I have not officially read this book to Charlie, BUT Max read it independently when he was on the older side of grade school and he liked it so much he got me to sit down and read it. It was really a very good book - lots of action, danger, magic...and the main character is a very witty and rather entertaining skeleton...what's not to like?? This one is a great "read to" that falls within the Harry Potter/Artemis Fowl kind of genre - so if you liked those books by all means pick it up and share it, but depending on your son or daughter's level they could tackle it on his/her own...its not that difficult of a read and it has a relatively straightforward storyline.
Interestingly enough, when I decided to add this book to this blog and started looking into its images and info, I found out that Mr. Landy has been very busy and has since written up to book 8 with these characters. I do believe we might be checking these out!
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