"Suddenly, a shadow fell across my brother. It was Spud. She had appeared without a sound, like a ninja librarian."

Will and his brother Marty are doomed to spend their holidays in the library. If they put a foot wrong Mrs Murphy, the legendary librarian, will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and they don't want that - just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! But in Will and Marty, has Spud Murphy met her match...?

A nice little story about two boys who are forced by their parents to spend time in the library and who come to love reading - and who finally find out that the librarian, "Spud Murphy" is not that scary at all...