Edited by J. Scieszka
Harper Collins Children- Walden Pond PressStories by M.T. Anderson, Patrick Carman, Gennifer Choldenko,
Matt de la Pena, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Bruce Hale,
Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Anthony Horowitz, Walter Dean Myers,
and James Paterson. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
"A body on the tracks
A teenage terrorist
A mysterious wish-granting machine
The world’s worst private detective "
Being released this month is Volume 2 of the Guys Read Library. There couldn't be a better collection of suspenseful short stories today! The mysterious titles give a hint to the characters and mayhem readers will experience. The Old, Dead Nuisance, Thad, the Ghost, and Me, the Snake Mafia, and The Double Eagle Has Landed are a few stories that will keep you reading. Pudding by Krosoczka shares text with art giving a new look to short stories.
One of my favorite reasons I love this series is simple- short stories that can easily be abandoned if not quite what I want to read, with a new set of characters on the next page.
Just so there is full disclosure, this anthology has a female author, Margaret Peterson Haddix and you may even read about a girl or two in the stories. I know that boys will love this book, but girls will be reading and enjoying this as much as they devoured the 1st book of Guys Read: Funny Business.
A great site to find more guy reads choices: http://www.guysread.com/books/
I've never hear of this series. It looks really good. THanks for telling us about it :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a chance to read both books! They are fun to have sitting around when you just need a quick read or what I like to call, "READING EMERGENCY!"
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