Guys Read: The Sports Pages - (Paperback)

About the Book

A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink. Includes stories by Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Dan Gutman, and others.

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

Ten stories guaranteed to put you in the ring, under the basket, and right behind home plate, from the following perennial all-stars:

Dustin Brown
James Brown
Joseph Bruchac
Chris Crutcher
Tim Green
Dan Gutman
Gordon Korman
Chris Rylander
Anne Ursu
Jacqueline Woodson

with illustrations by Dan Santat

Review Quotes

A must-have collection for the boys in your library-and while you're at it, get a copy for the girls, too! - Booklist (starred review), about Guys Read: Funny Business
Future volumes will cover such genres as nonfiction, science fiction, mystery, and sports. If they're as good as this one, boys--and girls--are in for a treat. - Publishers Weekly (starred review), about Guys Read: Funny Business
Funny Business, sets the bar high....Will have readers laughing as they turn the pages. - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)