Guys read : the sports pages / edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka ; stories by Dustin Brown and others, with illustrations by Dan Santat.
Material type:
TextSeries: Guys read ; bk. 3.Publication details: New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, ©2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780061963780
- 006196378X
- 9780061963773
- 0061963771
- Sports pages
- A Junior Library Guild Selection.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | SCIESZKA JON | Available | 33111010835490 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Sports Pages, the third volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, features ten short stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate.
From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are a collection of stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field.
Authors include Dustin Brown, James Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Chris Crutcher, Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Anne Ursu, and Jacqueline Woodson, with illustrations by Dan Santat.
Before we begin/ by Jon Scieszka -- How I won the World Series/ by Dan Gutman -- Find your fire/ by Tim Green -- Max swings for the fences/ by Anne Ursu -- Against all odds/ by Dustin Brown -- The distance/ by Jacqueline Woodson -- A short story/ by Chris Crutcher -- The choice/ by James Brown -- Choke/ by Joseph Bruchac -- The trophy/ by Gordon Korman -- I will destroy you, Derek Jeter/ by Chris Rylander.
A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 7.0 152441.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 7.0 152441.