Derek Landy’s epic series starring a skeleton detective and a teenage girl discovering a hidden world of magic and mayhem has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide and celebrates a second World Book Day £1 book this year. To introduce new readers to this action-packed, whip-smart rollercoaster of a series we return to the first book and follow Stephanie as she meets Skulduggery for the very first time.

Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction.

Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer.

Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.

HarperCollins Children’s Books are offering digital Skulduggery Pleasant activity packs which include:

• Teaching resource pack – downloadable pdf
• Video playlist including book trailers and author interviews – youtube link
• Skulduggery Pleasant character audio interview – soundcloud link
• Character quiz – downloadable pdf
• Downloadable extract from Skulduggery Pleasant book 1 - pdf

We would love to see you enjoying the resources on social media using #SkulduggeryPleasant and tagging HarperCollinsCh and readingagency.

Sign up for your FREE materials by 12 April. 

Please note, if you order a pack you are agreeing to use the materials within your library and to send photos of your display using #SkulduggeryPleasant and tagging @HarperCollinsCh and @readingagency and feedback to Kimberley Sheehan by 4 June.