{"product_id":"skulduggery-pleasant-paperback-14","title":"Skulduggery Pleasant - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Landy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh yeah. And dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's... well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"So you won't keep anything from me again?\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eHe put his hand to his chest. \"Cross my heart and hope to die.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart,\" she said.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"I know.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"And technically, you've already died.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"I know that too.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"Just so we're clear.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie's uncle is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture... Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. \"I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave,\" he says, \"or she would be if she were dead.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Skulduggery Pleasant\/Scepter of the Ancients\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47312188506361,"sku":"9780008667368","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/x-v9shU3Dz9780008667368_104a0b3c-6770-430a-9fd0-0b95e187a670.webp?v=1769387809","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/skulduggery-pleasant-paperback-14","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}