Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy ISBN: 9780061231155 $17.99 Hardcover HarperCollins Academic Meet Skulduggery Pleasant. Sure, he may lose his head now and again, but he is much more than he appears to be. Which is good, considering that he is basically a skeleton. Skulduggery may be long dead, but he is also a mage who dodged the grave so that he could save the world from an ancient evil. But to defeat it, he'll need the help of a new partner: a not-so-innocent and darkly talented 12-year-old named Stephanie Edgley. Sidesplittingly funny, nail-bitingly spooky, thrillingly original, this breakneck tale of magick and adventure marks the debut of a children's author of extraordinary talent--and a pair of heroes unlike any before.