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1. Jim Murphy

A Savage Thunder

1. Jon , Scieszka
2. T Edward , Nickens
3. Thanhhà , Lai

True Stories

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there. Supports the Common Core State Standards Unbelievable Survival Stories: Read the true accounts of a sailor shipwrecked and enslaved in the Sahara and the legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass, left for dead in the wild west.Amazing Animal Stories: Discover the incredible life of Jumbo, the world’s most famous elephant, and join a scientist on a hunt for the massive Goliath bird-eating spider in the Amazon.Fascinating History for Kids: Uncover the painfully true (and gruesome) history of dental care and learn how a kid obsessed with comics can become a professional cartoonist.Inspiring Biographies: Follow Muddy Waters from the Mississippi delta to the Chicago blues scene and see how a boy from Vietnam found his place in a pack of brothers.

1. Jon , Scieszka
2. T Edward , Nickens
3. Thanhhà , Lai

Guys Read: True Stories

Ten stories guaranteed to be even bigger, funnier, and stranger than fiction, from the following real-life adventurers: Candace FlemingDouglas FlorianNathan HaleThanhha LaiSy MontgomeryJim MurphyT. Edward NickensElizabeth PartridgeSteve SheinkinJames Sturmwith illustrations by BrianFloca

1. Jim , Murphy

El Paso, 1850-1950

Examine the early years of El Paso's evolution from a sleepy, adobe village to a vital international crossroads. Located at the far western tip of Texas, the city of El Paso is bordered on the north by New Mexico and on the south by the city of Juarez, Mexico. The area's recorded history dates back more than 400 years when Spanish missionaries gave the region its name: El Paso del Norté, or The Pass of the North. Between 1850 and 1950, El Paso's growth was influenced by a variety of people and events. The four dead in five seconds shootout in 1881 gave El Paso the short-lived nickname Six-Shooter Capital until the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, happened later that year. The Mexican Revolution influenced the city in the early part of the 20th century, and the 1920s saw Prohibition energize the local tourist trade with barrooms and gambling available just across the border. El Paso also became an inland Ellis Island, with thousands of immigrants entering the United States eager for a new start.

1. Jim , Murphy

The Memphis Sun

This collection represents an engagement with American history, technology, and cultures. Murphy's poetry ranges from fairly straightforward narrations of events to experimental pieces using a variety of American-speaking subjects and several angles of vision on cultural creations -- like Elvis Presley, Holly Golightly, and Elmore James, to name just a few. Formal choices include the interlocking movements of the sestina and the rondau, the ebb and flow of loose blank verse, and the syncopated variety of free verse.

1. Jim Murphy

A Savage Thunder