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Monster Boy and the Scary Scouts

Seemingly intended to be a book about handling bullying and controlling one’s inner monster, the book just doesn’t do a very good job of hitting it’s mark.  The story is kind of weak, about a sort of ordinary-looking boy who is actually the son of monsters, being scolded by his parents for not being vicious enough in scaring the bully at school.  Dad’s excited to take Monster Boy off to Scary Scouts camp, where they plan to scare away the ordinary kids at the Super Scouts camp so they can have the lake all to themselves.  Little Marty Monster Boy is not excited about the camp, but when he sneaks off to warn the Super Scouts, he overhears them picking on him, flies into a rage, scares them away, and then denies it when is dad is proud of him for his fierceness.  I don’t get it.  But the illustrations are cute and the binding is sturdy.