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The Legend of Spud Murphy

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BfK No. 146 - May 2004

Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration is from Jenny Nimmo's The Blue Boa. Jenny Nimmo is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare. Thanks to Egmont Books for their help with this May cover.

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The Legend of Spud Murphy

Eoin Colfer
Illustrated by Tony Ross
(Puffin Books)
96pp, 978-0141380162, RRP £7.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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This story is great fun! Trying to get boys to read fiction is not always the easiest task in the world, but Colfer stands a good chance of managing it in his latest book. Girls too will appreciate Colfer's humour, which keeps the action going from start to finish. And with a truly fearsome librarian to encounter (does she really have a spud gun, and what does she do with all those rubber stamps?), readers are in for a most enjoyable romp. Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind reading it out as a class story...

Reviewer: 
Rudolf Loewenstein
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