Summer Reading for Middle School: Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton detective, and his young assistant Valkyrie Cain, embark on a dangerous quest to keep the Diablerie, an evil secret organization, from opening the gates between Earth and the Faceless Ones.

When the evil Baron Vengeous escapes from prison, Detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his apprentice, Valkyrie Cain, have just two days to recapture him or the Baron's creature, the Grotesquery, may summon the Faceless Ones back to their world.

When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

A value-priced edition of the first book in Landy's thrill-a-minute series featuring a new title and a new look. An utterly charming debut, perfect for the Potter crowd.--"Publishers Weekly," starred review.