Guys Write for Guys Read: Boys' Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys

I purchased this on a whim for my son's 13th birthday after receiving an Amazon recommendation. My son does not read voluntarily unless you count video game cheat sheets and Garfield cartoon books. The book arrived yesterday. I grabbed it along with the day's mail and headed out to pick up my son at school. I started reading the book in the middle, with Gary Paulsen's electric fence adventure, to amuse myself in a very slow carline. I was hooked and began racing through the selections picking out the authors of the stories our family has enjoyed over the years sometimes laughing out loud, othertimes recognizing all too well the growing pains of adolescence. My son finally arrived. I relenquished the book to him and asked him to indulge me and read the Paulsen story outloud. He did and was hooked as well. He read several selections to me outloud then took the book to bed with him, had it with him through breaksfast, and carried it to school as it is the last days of the school year so he will have extra time to read it. This from a boy who has never read anything over 100 pages in his life.I will wait patiently for my chance to finish the book and will encourage Dan to write his own review but wanted to share the fun this book had brought us. I can see that we will be sharing this with Dad, Grandfather, and my young adult son and that this will be a college graduation gift for my daughter's boyfriend. What a great summer reading book for the whole family.

Something for every type of guy. Also something for the guy's female friends and relatives.I must admit that I didn't understand the constant need to define throw up that my own son developed; it just seemed strange that he could catalog so many different words meaning barf or hurl or.. whatever. Now, after reading "Guys Write..." I'm doing much better.I suggest that all teachers, moms, aunts, grannies, and librarians should read "Guys Write..." because guys who like to read also like to do other interesting guy stuff which might be different from what we would like for them to be doing. It helps to remember to laugh at the funny parts of life.A great big Thank You to the folks who brought us Guys Write for Guys Read.

I had to read this for college and I am not a guy. But each part by a different author keeps the book flowing and feeling like a quick read. I would really recommend this for someone trying to help a young man get interested in reading written by a bunch of men who know how they feel.

I've never bothered to write a review before, but I stumbled across this book as I was purchasing a few others for my 11-year-old son. The positive feedback caught my eye so I bought this as well. Tonight out of the blue he said "That Guy's Read book is really good. I showed it to my friends at school." I think he enjoys the variety and that comics are included as well. Hopefully this will introduce him to writers he'd like to read more of. So, I'm very impressed!

Guys Write for Guys Read is a collection of short essays, drawings and more from some of our best male authors.The book describes what it's like to grow up "a boy" and is often funny and irreverent but poignant and spot on.I'm using it as a reader for my class, composed entirely of boys, and I have never seen them so excited aboutreading and discussing the themes of a book.I've enjoyed the book immensely myself--proof you don't have to be a "guy" to appreciate this collection.

Being an avid fan of Jon Scieszka over the years, I was certain this book would be a hit. This one wasn't as popular with them as other stories from the series of books. The idea of sharing stories from boyhood is great, and for my 5th graders, the more pain and embarrassment shared by the author, the better.

I read one story to my students , "Beer, Barf, and Bonding," and they LOVED it. Most stories are good, though I ripped out a few that I felt were "shady" for young students.

Amazing

Must be good as this book has encouraged our 13yr old boy to read, even though he insists he doesn’t enjoy reading!

My son likes it 👍👍👍