"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer (YA fantasy)

"Artemis Fowl" is an interesting story of a 12 year old crime lord.  Artemis believes he has found a way to steal the power of fairies by using technology to translate their secret tome after tricking it from a fairy.  At the same time, Holly, a fairy, is the only female in the fairy police and has a habit of getting herself in more trouble than she can handle, such as being kidnapped by Artemis!  This is an interesting and engaging story for middle school students and perhaps for more advanced upper elementary students as well.  However, I do not recommend the audio version of this book as the change in perspectives from Holly to Artemis is difficult to follow at first when audio only.