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Thriller
Contributor(s): Scieszka, Jon (Author), Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0061963763 ISBN-13: 9780061963766
Publisher: Walden Pond Press

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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2011
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Horror

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2011024390

Age Level: 9-12

Grade Level: 4-7

Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available)

Series: Guys Read

Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.1" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages

Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2011
Booklist 09/15/2011 pg. 66
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 393 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 176 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 146328
Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

A body on the tracks

A teenage terrorist

A mysterious wish-granting machine

The world's worst private detective

The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you riveted until the final page.

Contributor Bio(s): Scieszka, Jon: -

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.

Helquist, Brett: -

Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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