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Skulduggery Pleasant: Book 1

Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) (edit title/settings)

"Scepter of the Ancients" in US and Canada

by Derek Landy (Author) (edit contributors)

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Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: ace detective, snappy dresser, razor-tongued wit, crackerjack sorcerer and walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton - as well as protector and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming... read more

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Stephanie Edgley: A twelve year old girl with a thirst for adventure. Very headstrong.
  • Stephanie Edgely: Protagonist of the story. A young girl who is thrown into a magical world after her uncle's sudden death.
  • Skulduggery Pleasant: Walking, talking, magical skeleton (with a gift for sarcasm), brought back to life by dark magic. He's the protector of Stephanie Edgley .
  • China Sorrows: Add a description of this character.
  • Tanith Low: She's a master swordsman who helps Skulduggery at times of great need. Tanith and Stephanie get along very well. Uses magic.
  • Gordon Edgley: Stephanie's late uncle. Famous author and was friends with Skulduggery Pleasant. Left his fortune and mansion to Stephanie.
  • White Cleaver: An evil Cleaver under Serpine's command.
  • Nefarian Serpine: An insane sorcerer that is trying to take over the world. He tries to kill Stephanie and Skulduggery multiple times.
  • Mr. Bliss: The most powerful man you can find.
  • Ghastly Bespoke: One of Skulduggery's friends who is a tailor. He is hideously scarred and very ugly as a result.
  • Skulduggery Pleasant: A very active man with a lot of secrets.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Are you taking my hat hostage?”
    Skulduggery
  • “You're a skeleton”
    Stephanie
  • “For a guy with no internal organs, you've got quite the ego.”
    Stephanie
  • “There's a whole colony of octopus people.”
    Skulduggery
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  • “Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”
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  • “There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for.
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  • “That’ll teach him to underestimate stupid people.”
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  • because I like having someone follow me around like a little puppy. It makes me feel good about myself.”
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  • “That’s why I have a husband, so I don’t have to. Engines and shelves, that’s why men were invented.”
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  • “Think of it as an adventure,” he said brightly. “Why should I do that?” “Because if you don’t, you’ll just become really, really depressed.
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  • “Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?”
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  • One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book, And the Darkness Rained upon Them, and the next he was dead.
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  • He was silent for a bit. “Right, well, we’ve got to work out what we need. We’ve got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.” “I think I actually understood that,” Stephanie said slowly. The car went over a bump. “No, it’s gone again.”
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  • I’m placing you under arrest for murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and, I don’t know, possibly littering.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

Gordon Edgley's sudden death came to a shock to everyone, not least himself.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Stephanie
2. The Will
3. Little Girl, All Alone
4. The Secret War
5. Meeting China Sorrows
6. A Man Apart
7. Serpine
8. Ghastly
9. The Troll Beneath Westminster Bridge
10. The Gal In Black
11. The Little Bit of Crime
12. Vampires
13. The Red Right Hand
14. Elemental Magic
15. The Torture Room
16. What's In a Name
17. A Fabulous Rescue Indeed
18. On the Roof, at Night
19. The Experiment
20. The Family Curse
21. The Cave
22. The Scepter of the Ancients
23. Thoughts of Dying Horribly
24. Planning for Murder
25. The White Cleaver
26. The Last Stand of...
27. No Calm Before the Storm
28. Carnage
29. Deep in Dublin, Death
30. An End, a Beginning

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 9 in Skulduggery Pleasant. (standard series)

Followed by Playing with Fire.

This is book 33 of 215 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by Holes.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Derek Landy (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Tom Percival (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0007241615
Page Count: 368

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Tween-friendly. Not for younger children though.

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Skulduggery Pleasant
  • Playing with Fire
  • The Faceless Ones
  • Dark Days
  • Mortal Coil
  • Death Bringer
  • The End of the World

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