Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • Magazines

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN

Read and listen for free for 14 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
3.0(1)

Guys Read: 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


Authors:

  • Jon Scieszka
  • Jim Murphy
  • Elizabeth Partridge
  • Nathan Hale
  • James Sturm
  • Candace Fleming
  • Douglas Florian
  • Sy Montgomery
  • Steve Sheinkin
  • T. Edward Nickens
  • Thanhhà Lai

Narrators:

  • Bruce Thomas
  • Hillary Huber
  • Robin Weigert
  • Thaao Penghlis
  • Greg Itzin
  • Freda Foh Shen
  • George Newbern
  • MacLeod Andrews
  • Jim Beaver
  • Jack Garrett
  • Ethan Sawyer
  • Adam Conner

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 4 h 56 min

Language:

English


More by Jon Scieszka

Skip the list
  1. Guys Read: Terrifying Tales

    Jon Scieszka, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Dav Pilkey, Michael Buckley, Claire Legrand, Nikki Loftin, Adele Griffin, Kelly Barnhill, Lisa Brown, Daniel Jose Older

    audiobook
  2. Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Jon Scieszka, Tom Angleberger, Eric S. Nylund, D.J. MacHale, Neal Shusterman, Rick Riordan, Kenneth Oppel, Shaun Tan, Rebecca Stead

    audiobook
  3. AstroNuts Mission Three: The Perfect Planet [Dramatized Adaptation] : AstroNuts 3

    Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg

    audiobook
  4. AstroNuts Mission Two: The Water Planet [Dramatized Adaptation] : AstroNuts 2

    Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg

    audiobook
  5. AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet [Dramatized Adaptation] : AstroNuts 1

    Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg

    audiobook
  6. SPHDZ Book #1!

    Jon Scieszka

    book
  7. SPHDZ Book #3!

    Jon Scieszka

    book
  8. SPHDZ Book #2!

    Jon Scieszka

    book
  9. Guys Read: Heroes & Villains

    Jon Scieszka, Christopher Healy, Sharon Creech, Cathy Camper, Laurie Halse Anderson, Ingrid Law, Deborah Hopkinson, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Eugene Yelchin, Jack Gantos

    audiobook
  10. SPHDZ 4 Life!

    Jon Scieszka

    book
  11. Guys Read: The Sports Pages

    Jon Scieszka, Gordon Korman, Chris Rylander, Dan Gutman, Mike Lupica, Anne Ursu, Tim Green, Joseph Bruchac, Jacqueline Woodson

    audiobook

Guys Read Series

Skip the list
  1. Guys Read: The Warlords of Recess : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Eric S. Nylund

    audiobook
  2. Guys Read: Rise of the RoboShoes : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Tom Angleberger

    audiobook
  3. Guys Read: Plan B : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Rebecca Stead

    audiobook
  4. Guys Read: The Scout : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    D.J. MacHale

    audiobook
  5. Guys Read: The Dirt on Our Shoes : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Neal Shusterman

    audiobook
  6. Guys Read: The Klack Bros. Museum : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Kenneth Oppel

    audiobook
  7. Guys Read: A Day In the Life : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Shaun Tan

    audiobook
  8. Guys Read: Bouncing the Grinning Goat : A Short Story from Guys Read: Other Worlds

    Shannon Hale

    audiobook
  9. Guys Read: I Will Destroy You, Derek Jeter

    Chris Rylander

    audiobook
  10. Guys Read: The Meat Grinder

    Chris Crutcher

    audiobook
  11. Guys Read: Choke

    Joseph Bruchac

    audiobook
  12. Guys Read: The Choice

    James Brown

    audiobook

  • 6 books

    Jim Murphy

    Jim Murphy has written two Newbery Honor books: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (which was also a National Book Award finalist) and The Great Fire. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his Web site at www.jimmurphybooks.com.

    Read more

  • 3 books

    Elizabeth Partridge

    Elizabeth Partridge is the author of This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and other acclaimed works. She and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay area.

    Read more

  • 8 books

    Candace Fleming

    Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, including the Bulldozer books; Ben Franklin’s Almanac, an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!, and Sibert Medal honorees The Honeybee, and The Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.

    Read more

  • 5 books

    Douglas Florian

    Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.

    Read more

  • 1 book

    T. Edward Nickens

    Field & Stream editor-at-large T. Edward Nickens has fished, paddled, backpacked, hunted, and camped from the rainforest to the Arctic Sea. Winner of more than two dozen national writing awards, he is TV host for the Total Outdoorsman Challenge.

    Read more

  • 5 books

    Thanhhà Lai

    Thanhhà Lại is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award and Newbery Honor–winning Inside Out and Back Again; the celebrated Listen, Slowly; the teen novel Butterfly Yellow; and the picture book Hundred Years of Happiness. She was born in Việt Nam and now lives in New York.

    Read more

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Nextory One
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms · Legal notices ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5