Sunday, February 5, 2017

{Nerd Blast} Guys Read: Heroes & Villains Edited by Jon Scieszka



Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Series: Guys Read (Book 7)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Walden Pond Press (April 4, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062385607
ISBN-13: 978-0062385604


Praise for GUYS READ SERIES

Utterly dude worthy. Kirkus

A must-have collection for the boys in your library—and while you’re at it, get a copy for the girls, too! Booklist

Future volumes will cover such genres as nonfiction, science fiction, mystery, and sports. If they’re as good as this one, boys--and girls--are in for a treat. Publishers Weekly

Funny Business, sets the bar high....Will have readers laughing as they turn the pages. VOYA


Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters—with and without capes.

Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good—or evil.

Authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy Camper and Raúl Gonzalez, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin, with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.


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Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children's 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. You'll be glad you did.


      
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