Skulduggery Pleasant

Landy, D. (2007). Skulduggery pleasant. New York: Harper Collins. Skulduggery Pleasant is not your average detective. In fact, he isn’t even human; he is a skeleton with magical powers. Alongside his new teenage partner, Stephanie, they must defeat the evil Serpine from destroying humanity and bringing back a greater evil. In this high fantasy series, Landy develops his characters in a way that we are able to identify with them. Readers care about what happens to Skulduggery and can identify with him, even if he isn’t human. The strongly developed setting of the story makes readers wonder if maybe there really is an underground magical world that we don’t know exists. If you like the high action world of magic, then the Harry Potter series will be a great read!