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The Legend of Spud Murphy

The Legend of Spud Murphy

By Eoin Colfer, illustrated by Glenn McCoy

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Grades 3 - 5

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Grade level Equivalent: 3.6

Lexile Measure®: 580L

DRA: 38

Guided Reading: P

Type of Book: Chapter Book

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  • Comedy and Humor

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  • Family Life
  • Communities and Ways of Life
  • Play, Games, Toys
  • Manners and Conduct

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About This Book

It's not easy to stay out of trouble when four brothers live under one rooftop. So nine-year-old Will's parents send him and his brother Marty, age ten, to the library three times a week, to the kids' absolute horror. After all, that's mean old librarian Spud Murphy's domain, who is rumored to use a "spud gun" on misbehaving kids.

Zany characters and slapstick humor make this book by the best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series a hit.

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Eoin Colfer's biography
Eoin Colfer
Colfer published several award-winning bestsellers, including The Wish List and Benny and Omar, before he started the Artemis Fowl books, all three of which have been bestsellers.
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Glenn McCoy
Glenn McCoy was named Magazine Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society in 1996. S...
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