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% 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, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.
Supports the Common Core State Standards

Guys Read: True Stories (Guys Read, 5)

Scieszka, Jon

Florian, Douglas

MURPHY, JIM

Fleming, Candace

Lai, Thanhhà

Hale, Nathan

Sturm, James

Sheinkin, Steve

Partridge, Elizabeth

NICKENS, T.EDWARD

MONTGOMERY, SY.

History

Walden Pond Press

When Plum, his beloved stuffed bear and best friend, goes missing during a day at school, Yellowbelly is worried about where he may be, but when they are reunited, the two friends are able to swap stories and teach each other new games that they had learned during their time apart.

Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School

Children's Books

Humor

Putnam Juvenile

The Twelve Bots Of Christmas (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Humor & Entertainment

Turtleback

True Stories (Guys Read)

FLOR

Biographies

Turtleback Books

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Nathan Hale, who was an officer and spy for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War, shares his story, from his unlucky days at Yale to his later unlucky days as an officer, with a hangman and British officer.

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy

Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale, tells a hangman and British officer about the ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War.

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad!

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In graphic novel format, Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale tells a hangman and British officer the story of the Donner Party, a doomed wagon train traveling from Illinois to California in 1846.

Donner Dinner Party (Hazardous Tales)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and little-known secrets) of the infamous war.

Treaties, Trenches, Mud, And Blood: A World War I Tale (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A graphically illustrated introduction to the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman depicts her escape from slavery in the mid-19th century and her life-risking dedication to helping runaway slaves find freedom north of the Mason-Dixon line.

The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales)

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