Heroes & villains
Title:
Heroes & villains
JLCTITLE245:
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 Muñnoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin ; withillustrations by Jeff Stok.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Physical Description:
ix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780062385611
9780062385604
Series:
Abstract:
Presents a collection of humorous stories featuring an array of characters with and without capes.
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.
Reading Level:
008-012.
Ages 8-12.
770 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 7 188807.
Added Author Contained Works:
Variant Title:
Heroes and villains
Guys read. Heroes & villains
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.