Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl is an Irish 12 year-old genius kid. He comes from a crime family. His father disappeared during a scheme to take the family's fortune and his mother did not recover since then. He decides to regain the family fortune by deciphering the fairies' secrets and get a hold of the legendary fairies' gold treasures.

He has a butler/body guard with impressing military training that helps him with his schemes with no questions. He knows he can count on the genius kid that masters all technology and gadgets.

I had mixed feeling about his book. It is a cute fantasy book that combines the fairy world with up to date technology and gadgets. It also has a nice portion of humor. However, the story wasn't interesting enough for me as adult (even as an adult who loved other kids' books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson), but I cannot recommend it to kids because it is so violent,  contains too much military content, and presents criminals as heroes.

I guess that for parents who don't mind exposing their young kids to such materials it will be a good book for 9 or 10 year olds.