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Derek Landy: Skulduggery Pleasant (Hardcover, 2007, HarperCollins)

When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, …

there's a guy who's a skeleton

it is very cool that there is a guy who is a skeleton, who throws fireballs & quips

there are some uncomfortable stereotypes which i felt were the result of lazy writing & uninterrogated biases

i probably would have like this a lot in my mid teens.