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    Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
    Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
    Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
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    Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller

    By James Patterson

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    A train ride home from a school field trip turns sinister when two kids spot a body on the tracks. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 20, 2011
    ISBN9780062112156
    Guys Read: Boys Will Be Boys: A Short Story from Guys Read: Thriller
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    James Patterson

    James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.

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      AS ALWAYS WITH JP 'S NOVELS I WAS NOT DISSAPOINTED
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    Guys Read - James Patterson

    GUYS READ

    Boys Will Be Boys

    James Patterson

    A Short Story from

    Guys Read: Thriller

    Edited and with an Introduction by Jon Scieszka

    With Illustration by Brett Helquist

    Contents

    Cover

    Title Page

    Boys Will Be Boys by James Patterson

    Guys E-Read

    Biographies

    Back Ad

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

    Boys Will Be Boys

    by James Patterson

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    As soon as they boarded the light rail at the Mount Washington stop, the two boys got as far away as they could from everyone else in their class. They squeezed in beside an old lady in a Mets hat, who gave them a sour glance.

    Fred was laughing himself goofy.

    Will pushed his shoulder. Shut up.

    Fred continued to snort. You are totally into her, he choked out between gasps. Totally.

    Shut. Up, said Will, punching Fred’s arm.

    That’s okay, said Fred. She is pretty hot. If you like weight lifters.

    Will punched Fred again. Harder this time. "I said, shut

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