Uncle Gordon has suddenly passed away and Stephanie is left as his only heir. But soon, she realizes that things may not be quite what they seem. With the help of an undead skeleton detective names Skullduggery Pleasant, Stephanie embarks on a quest to solve the mysterious, and possibly magical, death of her uncle.
Landy, D. (2007). Skullduggery Pleasant. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
- Evaluative Criteria
- Characters and Theme
- Readers of this fantasy book can embrace the fact that the protagonist is a female who dives into a dark adventure; readers can then enjoy the walking, talking, crime-solving skeleton who guides her through a quest that wasn’t willingly chosen, but instead was thrown at her when her Uncle suddenly dies.
- Theme is also a critical criteria of this fantasy book, even though it is the typical fantasy theme: good must triumph over evil. Stephanie and Skullduggery Pleasant are the good guys trying to prevent the bad guys, including Serpine, from unleashing evil upon the world. In the end, Stephanie and Skullduggery survive their adventure and prevail.
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