What boy can resist topics such as heroes monster trucks mysterious planets pirates and building a skateboard park- This outstanding collection of original short stories articles interviews biographies and more is sure to capture – and hold – the interest of all your male students. The subject matter characters and graphics have been carefully chosen to relate to boys lives and are just the right length. Real world applications address students emotional development as they delve into issues like 9/11 advertisement recycling and body image. The before during and after reading exercises incorporate effective research-based reading comprehension strategies including: activating priorknowledge predicting visualizing guestioning drawing inferences summarizing synthesizing monitoring and repairing comprehension and evaluation. 96 pages.