Guys Read: Thad, the Ghost, and Me: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller

There's nothing better than taking your timid little cousin Thad to one of those sweet haunted houses the 4-H Club decorates for Halloween. Except, of course, if the house turns out to actually be haunted. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller , edited by Jon Scieszka.

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. 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.

The old, dead nuisance / by M.T. Anderson Believing in Brooklyn / by Matt de la Peña The double eagle has landed / by Anthony Horowitz Pirate / by Walter Dean Myers Thad, the ghost, and me / by Margaret Peterson Haddix Pudding / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka The snake mafia / by Gennifer Choldenko Nate Macavoy, monster hunter / by Bruce Hale Boys will be boys / by James Patterson Ghost vision glasses / by Patrick Carman. A collection of short fiction mysteries and thrillers, with selections by Gennifer Choldenko, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Matt de la Peña, and others A collection of mystery and thriller stories featuring an eleven-year-old ghost, a Somali pirate, the world's worst private detective, and more This Volume Provides A Collection Of Ghostly And Mysterious Stories.