True Stories: 5 (Guys Read) - Hardcover

Fleming, Candace; Florian, Douglas; Partridge, Elizabeth; Sturm, James; Murphy, Jim; Scieszka, Jon; Hale, Nathan; Sheinkin, Steve; Montgomery, Sy; Nickens, T. Edward; Lai, Thanhha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061963828 ISBN 13: 9780061963827

Publisher: Walden Pond Press, 2014

Synopsis

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievableand 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

• Unbelievable Survival Stories: Read the true accounts of a sailor shipwrecked and enslaved in the Sahara and the legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass, left for dead in the wild west.
• Amazing Animal Stories: Discover the incredible life of Jumbo, the worlds most famous elephant, and join a scientist on a hunt for the massive Goliath bird-eating spider in the Amazon.
• Fascinating History for Kids: Uncover the painfully true (and gruesome) history of dental care and learn how a kid obsessed with comics can become a professional cartoonist.
• Inspiring Biographies: Follow Muddy Waters from the Mississippi delta to the Chicago blues scene and see how a boy from Vietnam found his place in a pack of brothers.

About this title

About the Authors

In addition to researching films, articles, and thirty-nine books, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery has been honored with a Sibert Medal, three Sibert Honors, two Science Book and Film Prizes from the National Association for the Advancement of Science, four honorary degrees, and many other awards. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire, with her husband, Howard Mansfield, and their border collie, Thurber.

Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Childrens Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family. For more great books, more great facts, and more about your favorite authors, head over to www.guysread.com. Youll be glad you did.

Elizabeth Partridge is the author of This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and other acclaimed works. She and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay area.

Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.

From the Back Cover

Visiting the dentist--in ancient Egypt

Spending a night in the jungle--with giant tarantulas

Wrestling with a grizzly bear--and living to tell the tale

The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable--and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walden Pond Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061963828
• ISBN 13: 9780061963827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272