This is the second book with Billy Que and the five bad boys that I've read. This, like the other one, teaches an important lesson about learning to appreciate what you have. Billy Que learns the value of of the five bad boys friendship and also to respect and care for others. He is shrunken after stepping on the dustdobbin that lives under his bed, and it is only the kindness of the five bad boys that helps him to grow back to former size. He learns his lesson and is much better for it in the end, treating the five bad boys better even being kinder to the dustdobbin. ( )