The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel

#119 in Middle grade

The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel

Eoin Colfer

First published 2009Original language ENMiddle grade

7.77.7 / 10
Score out of 10466 ratingsConfidence 76%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#119 of 144 in Middle grade ahead of 17% of the category
128
Pages
about 2.5 h
Reading time

Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.

In our Atlas

Eoin Colfer
Ireland
Open the Atlas

Our view

“The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel” packs Artemis Fowl’s second adventure into a brisk, funny 128 pages of comics. A plea from his kidnapped father sets the young schemer in motion, and the pleasure lies in watching Artemis and his companions pull together. As the second of four graphic novels in the series it follows on from the first, and is pitched at middle-grade readers who want magic, jokes and fast action.

The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.

About the book

For use in schools and libraries only. In his second adventure, Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland, when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia, a man Artemis had thought he would see never again, his beloved father.

Reading order · Artemis Fowl (graphic novels)

Full order & progress →
  1. Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
    Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel2007 · 34 ratings · Not ranked yetStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel
    The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel2009 · 466 ratingsThis book
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. The Eternity Code: The Graphic Novel
    The Eternity Code: The Graphic Novel2013 · 1 rating · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Opal Deception: The Graphic Novel
    The Opal Deception: The Graphic Novel · 1 rating · Not ranked yet
    –Not ranked yet

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.7 across 466 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 76% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.7466 100%

Frequently asked

What age is The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel for?

The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel sits on the Middle grade shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 8–12. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 128 pages — shorter than 93% of the ranked books in Middle grade.

In this book

Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.

If you liked this

Same shelf — Middle grade — with scores between 7.7 and 7.8, closest to this book.