Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Save the World

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Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want To Save The World

First edition
Author	Dominic Barker
Cover artist	David Wyatt
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Children's
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Publication date	2006
Pages	320
ISBN	0-7475-8074-X
OCLC	62265410
Followed by	Blart II: The Boy Who was Wanted Dead or Alive - Or Both

Blart: The Boy Who Didn't Want To Save The World is a fictional comedy novel by Dominic Barker. It was published in 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in Great Britain. It centers around Blart, a young boy living on a pig farm, who refuses to save the world. The book starts as a light-hearted parody of the fantasy genre but becomes darker as the book progresses. The book won the 2007 Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award.^[1]