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It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren't your typical anthologies-each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about. Funny Business is based around the theme of-what else?-humor, and if you're familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you're in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you're through, you'll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world's largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son's room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn't turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling author, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo. Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones-and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.

Adam Rex, Christopher Paul Curtis, David Yoo, Eoin Colfer, Jack Gantos, Jon Scieszka, Kate Dicamillo, Paul Feig, Various Authors (Author), Bronson Pinchot, John Keating, Jon Scieszka, Kate Dicamillo, Michael Boatman, Various Readers (Narrator)

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Half Brother

For thirteen years, Ben Tomlin was an only child. But all that changes when his mother brings home Zan - an eight-day-old chimpanzee. Ben's father, a renowned behavioral scientist, has uprooted the family to pursue his latest research project: a high-profile experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills. Ben's parents tell him to treat Zan like a little brother. Ben reluctantly agrees. At least now he's not the only one his father's going to scrutinize. It isn't long before Ben is Zan's favorite, and Ben starts to see Zan as more than just an experiment. His father disagrees. Soon Ben is forced to make a critical choice between what he is told to believe and what he knows to be true - between obeying his father or protecting his brother from an unimaginable fate. Half Brother isn't just a story about a boy and a chimp. It's about the way families are made, the way humanity is judged, the way easy choices become hard ones, and how you can't always do right by the people and animals you love. In the hands of master storyteller Kenneth Oppel, it's a novel you won't soon forget.

Kenneth Oppel (Author), Daniel Ditomasso (Narrator)

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Octavia Boone's Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything

Octavia's best friend, Andrew, wants to know why time runs forward instead of backward, or if it's possible to talk to an alien jellyfish. Octavia has much bigger questions on her mind: Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Octavia's father is convinced that art and Henry David Thoreau hold the key to life. Her mother, Ray, though, has always been seeking greater meaning - up until now. Octavia's problem is not only that her parents have different answers to the big questions but that their answers are threatening to tear her family apart. Could it be that some questions are too big to have just one answer? Could it be that the universe is far wider than Octavia's - or perhaps anyone's -view of it?

Rebecca Rupp (Author), Ellen Grafton (Narrator)

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On the Blue Comet

Oscar Ogilvie is living with his dad in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, in Cairo, Illinois, when world events change his life forever. The great stock market crash has rippled across the country, and the bank takes over their home - along with all their cherished model trains. Oscar's dad is forced to head west in search of work, and Oscar must move in with his no-nonsense aunt Carmen. Only a mysterious drifter who stops by each day for food after school helps alleviate Oscar's loneliness - until Oscar witnesses a crime so stunning that it catapults him into a miraculous, time-hopping train journey. Filled with suspense and peppered with witty encounters with Hollywood stars and other bigwigs of history, this captivating novel by Rosemary Wells resonates with imagination, humor, and the magic of a timeless adventure story.

Rosemary Wells (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator)

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Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Book Six: Blast from the Past

Allie's excited about her class field trip. Sure, it's to a historic one-room schoolhouse, built back before there was the Internet or even cell phones, and Allie's teacher is encouraging everyone to dress up in old timey costumes, which some of Allie's friends are actually doing. GAH! But at least she gets to ride on a bus, which she's never gets to do, living so close to school that she actually has to walk there every day! But then Mrs. Hunter announces that every student in Room 209 has been assigned a buddy for the day--from Allie's old 4th grade class at Walnut Knolls Elementary School, with whom Pine Heights Elementary is pairing up for the trip. And Allie's buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend Mary Kay, who betrayed Allie right before she moved! Allie is going to have to spend a whole day sharing an old-timey desk with a big crybaby! As if things aren't bad enough, with renovations going on at Allie's house--there's a hole in the wall that her kitten, Mewsie, keeps disappearing into. What if Allie's mom and dad and Uncle Jay make a mistake, and Mewsie gets trapped inside the wall forever?--and with Cheyenne O'Malley and Brittany Hauser getting assigned to be buddies together, it looks like this is one blast from the past Allie may not survive. In fact, she's had enough with old-timey things. It might be time to employ some new rules!

Meg Cabot (Author), Tara Sands (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School - 34 Stories of Self-Esteem, Dating, and Doing th

Amy Newmark, Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen (Author), Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School - 35 Stories of Fitting In, Consequences, and Foll

Amy Newmark, Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen (Author), Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School - 35 Stories of Life's Ups and Downs, Family, Me

Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen, Valerie Howlett (Author), Ellen Grafton, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School - 33 Stories of First Love, Finding Your Passion

Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen, Valerie Howlett (Author), Ellen Grafton, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School - 33 Stories about Bullies and the Ups and Downs

Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen, Valerie Howlett (Author), Ellen Grafton, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk High School - 32 Stories of Life's Challenges and Growing Up

Amy Newmark, Jack Canfield, Madeline Clapps, Mark Victor Hansen (Author), Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl (Narrator)

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Finding Violet Park

Narrated by the most compelling voice since Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, this is a quirky and original voyage of self-discovery triggered by a lost urn of ashes.The mini cab office was up a cobbled mews with little flat houses either side. That's where I first met Violet Park, what was left of her. There was a healing centre next door, a pretty smart name for a place with a battered brown door and no proper door handle and stuck-on wooden numbers in the shape of clowns. The 3 of number 13 was a w stuck on sideways and I thought it was kind of sad and I liked it at the same time.Sixteen-year-old Lucas Swain becomes intrigued by the urn of ashes left in a cab office. Convinced that its occupant - Violet Park - is communicating with him, he contrives to gain possession of the urn, little realising that his quest will take him on a voyage of self-discovery and identity, forcing him to finally confront what happened to his absent (and possibly dead) father...

Jenny Valentine (Author), Gareth Cassidy (Narrator)

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