Thriller

Stolen gold. Hungry vipers. Ten breathless adventures that will keep young readers on the edge of their seats.

A body on the tracks

A teenage terrorist

A mysterious wish-granting machine

The world's worst private detective

The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. This thrilling anthology delivers high-stakes missions packed with stolen gold and ravenous reptiles.

Ten master storytellers load each assignment with frantic rooftop chases and secret cryptids.

Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you riveted until the final page.

• Action Adventure: Fourteen-year-old Abdullah boards a luxury yacht on the gulf, caught between ruthless armed pirates and a frightened young hostage.
• Spooky Stories: Ten-year-old Kyle discovers petrified-wood glasses in a lakeside attic that let him speak with an eccentric ghost and spot lake ghouls.
• Scary Stories: Fifth-grader Thad and his older cousin arm themselves with plumbing pipe to defend a root cellar from a gang of middle school troublemakers.
• Also by This Author: Guys Read: Funny Business, Guys Read: The Sports Pages and Guys Read: Other Worlds.