Lovely funny story about a boys attempts to make his parents happy.

Misery Guts
By Morris Gleitzman
High-spirited Keith Shipley tries to cheer up his gloomy parents, nicknamed the ""misery guts,"" using such ploys as painting their favorite restaurant a Tropical Mango Hi-Gloss color. By the author of Two Weeks with the Queen.
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN-13: 9780330399951
ISBN-10: 0330399950
Published on 1/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 128