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Heroes & villains / edited and with an introduction by Jon Scieszka ; stories by Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin ; with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Guys read ; 7.Publisher: New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062385611
  • 0062385615
Other title:
  • Heroes and villains
Contained works:
  • Healy, Christopher, 1972- Villain's guide to being a hero
  • Ryan, Pam Muñoz. First crossing
  • Creech, Sharon. Need that dog
  • Hopkinson, Deborah. How I became stink Daley
  • Camper, Cathy. Wager
  • Yelchin, Eugene. Kalash
  • Anderson, Laurie Halse. General Poophead
  • Law, Ingrid, 1970- Warrior and the knave
  • Snicket, Lemony. Hero of the story
  • Gantos, Jack. How my mother was arrested for murder
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The villain's guide to being a hero / by Christopher Healy -- First crossing / by Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Need that dog / by Sharon Creech -- How I became stink Daley / by Deborah Hopkinson -- The wager / by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third -- Kalash / by Eugene Yelchin -- General Poophead / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- The warrior and the knave / by Ingrid Law -- The hero of the story / by Lemony Snicket -- How my mother was arrested for murder / by Jack Gantos.
Summary: Presents a collection of humorous stories featuring an array of characters with and without capes.Summary: Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters--with and without capes. Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good--or evil. Authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy Camper and Raúl Gonzalez, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin, with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.
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 Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction Scieszka Jon Available 33111007801224
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Scieszka Jon Available 33111008753259
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:



A boy with a plan to defeat a notorious bully

A scaring contest between two mischievous ghosts

One of the most notorious traitors in American history

A villain who secretly wants to be a hero



You'll find all that and more in Heroes and Villains, the latest installment in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading. With ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers and illustrators for kids today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good...or evil.

Ages 8-12.

Presents a collection of humorous stories featuring an array of characters with and without capes.

The villain's guide to being a hero / by Christopher Healy -- First crossing / by Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Need that dog / by Sharon Creech -- How I became stink Daley / by Deborah Hopkinson -- The wager / by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third -- Kalash / by Eugene Yelchin -- General Poophead / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- The warrior and the knave / by Ingrid Law -- The hero of the story / by Lemony Snicket -- How my mother was arrested for murder / by Jack Gantos.

Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters--with and without capes. Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good--or evil. Authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy Camper and Raúl Gonzalez, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin, with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.

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