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Colfer, Eoin

The Legend of Spud Murphy

99 pp. | Hyperion/Miramax | September, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-5501-0 $12.95
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Glenn McCoy. Ordered by their parents to visit the library, nonreading brothers Will and Marty fear the kid-hating librarian, who is rumored to shoot unruly patrons with a potato-pelting gun. The larger-than-life (and stereotyped) Mrs. Murphy does provide some laughs, but this over-the-top story is weakened by its sappy ending. The cartoony black-and-white illustrations match the text's hyperbole.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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