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    Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
    Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
    Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
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    Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business

    By Kate DiCamillo, Adam Rex and Jon Scieszka

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    Joe’s got a problem. He has to write to an author for a school assignment and get her to answer a bunch of questions. But the author he’s chosen, Maureen O’Toople, just doesn’t want to play along. Jon Scieszka and Kate DiCamillo collaborate on a hilarious and heartfelt short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 14, 2011
    ISBN9780062111524
    Guys Read: Your Question for Author Here: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
    Author

    Kate DiCamillo

    Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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      Book preview

      Guys Read - Kate DiCamillo

      Your Question for Author Here

      By Kate DiCamillo & Jon Scieszka

      A Short Story from

      Guys Read: Funny Business

      Volume 1 of the Guys Read Library of Great Reading

      Edited by Jon Scieszka

      With an illustration by Adam Rex

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      YOUR QUESTION FOR AUTHOR HERE

      Guys E-Read

      Biographies

      Back Ad

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      YOUR QUESTION FOR AUTHOR HERE

      BY KATE DiCAMILLO & JON SCIESZKA

      DEAR MRS. O’TOOPLE,

      WE ARE READING THIS BOOK IN SCHOOL WHERE A KID WRITES TO AN AUTHOR.

      SO WE HAVE TO WRITE TO AN AUTHOR.

      WE ARE ALSO STUDYING PARTS OF A FRIENDLY LETTER.

      SO THIS IS ALSO A FRIENDLY LETTER.

      IN THE BOOK WE ARE READING THIS KID THINKS THE AUTHOR’S BOOKS ARE REALLY GREAT AND THEN THE AUTHOR WRITES BACK AND SAVES THE KID’S LIFE OR SOMETHING. I’M NOT SURE BECAUSE I ONLY READ THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK.

      PLEASE SEND A BUNCH OF AUTHOR STUFF SO WE CAN GET THIS OVER WITH.

      CLOSING,

      JOE JONES

      Dear Joe Jones,

      You have reached Maureen O’Toople. I am quite sure, however, that you have not reached her

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