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
This isn’t your classroom history book. This is real life, with all the unbelievable and action-packed parts left in.
Gripping Historical Nonfiction: Follow American sailors shipwrecked on the coast of West Africa as they face starvation, enslavement, and the blistering Sahara desert.Amazing Animal Stories: Hunt for the Goliath bird-eater—the world’s largest spider—in the Amazon, and uncover the real story of Jumbo, P.T. Barnum’s star elephant.Gross-Out History: Think your dentist is scary? Discover the painfully true history of dental care, from tooth-pulling worms to red-hot irons.Biographies for Kids: Find out how a sharecropper from the Mississippi delta named Muddy Waters used his guitar to invent a whole new sound and become a blues legend.
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