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Other worlds / edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka ; stories by Tom Angleberger [and 9 others] ; with illustrations by Greg Ruth.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Guys read ; 4.Publisher: New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2013Description: ix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0061963798 (paperback)
  • 0061963801 (hardback)
  • 9780061963797 (paperback)
  • 9780061963803 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Before we begin / by Jon Scieszka -- Percy Jackson and the singer of Apollo / by Rick Riordan -- Bouncing the grinning goat / by Shannon Hale -- The Scout / by D.J. MacHale -- Rise of the RoboShoes / by Tom Angleberger -- The dirt on our shoes / by Neal Shusterman -- Plan B / by Rebecca Stead -- A day in the life / by Shaun Tan -- The Klack Bros. Museum / by Kenneth Oppel -- The warlords of recess / by Eric Nylund -- Frost and fire / by Ray Bradbury.
Summary: An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.
List(s) this item appears in: Short Stories
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy Scieszka Jon Available 33111005198615
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Other Worlds, the fourth volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tween boys, features ten thrilling new tales of science fiction and fantasy from some of the biggest names in children's literature.

Prepare yourself for ten trips into the unknown, as ten of your favorite writers--Rick Riordan, who has written an all-new and exclusive Percy Jackson tale, Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead, Shannon Hale, D. J. MacHale, Eric Nylund, Kenneth Oppel, Neal Shusterman, Shaun Tan, and none other than the late Ray Bradbury--spin tales of fantasy and science fiction the likes of which you have never imagined.

Compiled by National Ambassador for Children's Literature (and Secret Ambassador for the Intergalactic Alliance) Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Other Worlds is sure to boldly take you where no reader has gone before.

Before we begin / by Jon Scieszka -- Percy Jackson and the singer of Apollo / by Rick Riordan -- Bouncing the grinning goat / by Shannon Hale -- The Scout / by D.J. MacHale -- Rise of the RoboShoes / by Tom Angleberger -- The dirt on our shoes / by Neal Shusterman -- Plan B / by Rebecca Stead -- A day in the life / by Shaun Tan -- The Klack Bros. Museum / by Kenneth Oppel -- The warlords of recess / by Eric Nylund -- Frost and fire / by Ray Bradbury.

An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.

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