Cory Colby likes to have a lot of pets. The trouble is he doesn't know anything about taking care of them, isn't very good at it and doesn't want to learn. He never thought of this as a problem. But now it is. A problem he can't lie his way out of, sneak away from or simply ignore until it goes away. Deprived of his usual solutions, he finds he may be forced to deal honestly with the problem. This approach has never occurred to him before and he is not really sure how to go about it. The problem weighs 300 pounds, it's blue, glows in the dark, has hundreds of teeth and it's sitting on his bed. The problem is called a Blue Closet Troll.

In a world of ogres and elves, gremlins, dwarves and faeries, the Blue Closet Troll stands alone. No hiding under bridges or jumping out at passer's by with demands for tolls and ransoms for him! No, the Blue Closet Troll's full-time job is following up on complaints about children behaving badly. The rules require that future juvenile delinquents shape up post haste or accept the penalty. And the penalty can be pretty severe when you are dealing with a Blue Closet Troll. That's because Blue Closet Troll's like to eat and obnoxious boys are what it likes to eat most of all!

Cory Colby is a gold medalist in obnoxious. With a file cabinet full of complaints, the only things keeping Cory from becoming a late night snack are his Mom, his dog and some quick thinking.

The problem is the dog doesn't see the Troll, Mom doesn't believe in it and Cory discovers that it's hard to think fast when 300 pounds of glowing blue lard and razor sharp teeth are drooling over your bed. What he needs right now is a plan or some very good luck and there's no coming up with either one when you have a broken leg and you're a sitting duck just waiting for a Blue Closet Troll!