Legend of Spud Murphy Legend of Spud Murphy The Legend of Spud Murphy is part of a series called "Eoin Colfer's legend of ...", written by the Irish author Eoin Colfer, author of the best-selling series "Artemis Fowl". The book was illustrated by Glenn McCoy. The series talks about two brothers: Will, who is nine years old and loves action man and Marty who is 10 years old. There are three books in the series so far: "Suddenly, a shadow fell across my brother. . . It was Spud. She had appeared without a sound, like a ninja librarian." Will and Marty live in
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