Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant
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Skulduggery Pleasant

Written by Derek Landy
Book #1 in the Skulduggery Pleasant Series
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May 1, 2018
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She’s twelve. He’s dead. But together they’re going to save the world. Hopefully.The iconic first book in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series.Stephanie’s uncle Gordon 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.Pursued by evil forces, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer…

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780008248789
    Publication Date
    May 1, 2018
    Publisher
    HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
    Original Publication Date
    April 3, 2007
    Page Count
    384
    Word Count
    68048
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    10 - 15 years

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