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Eoin Colfer\u2019s Legend of . . . The Worst Boy in the World<\/em>, illustrated by Glenn McCoy<\/p>\n Miramax Books (Hyperion Books for Children), 2007.\u00a0 101 pages.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.eoincolfer.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s not fair.\u00a0 Whenever something bad happens to Will, no one will even listen to him tell about it.\u00a0 He has four brothers.\u00a0 If he wants to complain about something to his Mom or Dad, there are usually at least two brothers in line ahead of him.<\/p>\n Will says, \u201cAll this complaining means that by the time Marty and I get home from school with our troubles, there is usually a little brother perched on each of Mom\u2019s knees, moaning about their baby problems.\u00a0 And even if, miracle of miracles, there is a free knee, Mom is usually on auto-nod by then anyway.\u00a0 Auto-nod is when grown-ups don\u2019t really listen to what a child says, they just nod every five seconds or so until the child goes away.\u201d<\/p>\n Finally Will finds the perfect person to listen to him:\u00a0 Grandad.\u00a0 He makes a deal.\u00a0 Grandad will listen to one sob story from Will each week, if Will will listen to one from Grandad.<\/p>\n So it seems like a great thing.\u00a0 Only whenever Will thinks he really has a terrible story, Grandad completely tops him.\u00a0 For example, one week the barber slipped when he was trimming the back of Will\u2019s head with electric clippers and shaved a bald strip right up to his crown.\u00a0 When he told Grandad about it, Grandad took off his cap and showed him where a shark had bitten him on the head.<\/p>\n Will was completely frustrated, so he decided to do some research.\u00a0 It turns out that when Will was only two years old, his brother Marty, at three years old, almost managed to get rid of him for good.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the worst thing a three-year-old could do to a two-year-old?\u00a0 What plot would get him out of the house, away from Mom and Dad, and almost do him in forever?\u00a0 That, my friends, is the Legend of the Worst Boy in the World.<\/p>\n Buy from Amazon.com<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n This review is on the main site at:<\/p>\n