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Skulduggery Pleasant #2: Playing With Fire Award-winning by Derek Landy (author) (UK edition)

Playing With Fire

Suitable for 10 - 14 years

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With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. That’s what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think. But when the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, dead bodies and vampires are suddenly showing up all over Ireland! With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the daring detective duo face their toughest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is much closer to home? This bone-chilling sequel to Skulduggery Pleasant reunites brave Valkyrie with Skulduggery, the wise-cracking dead detective!

Product Details

Series

Skulduggery Pleasant (book 2)

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780007257058

Publisher

HarperCollins

Date published

September 1st, 2008

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.9; Middle years plus; 9.0 points

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  • 320 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

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Skulduggery Pleasant Skulduggery Pleasant

Author/Illustrator

Derek Landy

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Derek Landy is the author of the bestselling, awardwinning Skulduggery books – the funniest dead detective ever!

Before writing his children’s story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, Derek wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous thriller in which everybody dies.

As a black belt in Kenpo Karate he has taught countless children how to defend themselves, in the hopes of building his own private munchkin army. He firmly believes that they await his call to strike against his enemies (he doesn’t actually have any enemies, but he’s assuming they’ll show up, sooner or later).

Derek lives on the outskirts of Dublin, and the reason he writes his own biography blurb is so that he can finally refer to himself in the third person without looking pompous or insane.

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  1. bookaholic202
    on 9 March 2014

    There is a huge secret about Lord Vile and Skullduggery In the later books so this is why he hates that armor.

  2. AngelofDeath
    on 8 March 2014

    Amazing book, i enjoyed reading it.

  3. Nashdasher
    on 8 March 2013

    This book grips you and is not to scary I also like the adventure.

  4. Ruhiie
    on 28 April 2012

    i loveee this book got me gripped since the first book!!!!

    5out of 5

  5. dashernasher
    on 7 March 2012

    quite simply one of the best books ever i loved it.

    5out of 5

  6. Updown
    on 25 October 2011

    It is a fantastic book about skulduggery Pleasant, who is a magic detective and is dead, and Valkyrie Cain ( Stephanie Edgley ) who is his kind of side kick.

    5out of 5

  7. ace97
    on 25 November 2009

    this book is awesome! quite simply one of the funniest books ive ever read!