Guys Read: A Fistful of Feathers: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business

Sam has a problem: his dad doesn't think he's “man enough.” So Dad decides he's going to toughen Sam up by getting a turkey to raise in preparation for Thanksgiving. But no one is prepared for the place Travis the turkey finds in the family, and Sam soon realizes the frightening truth: it's him, or the turkey. A short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business , edited by Jon Scieszka. 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 ... Funny Business is based around the theme of - what else - humore, and if you're familliar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you're in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around