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The Spooky Tire

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The Spooky Tire( )
Author: Scieszka, Jon
Illustrator: Shannon, David
Long, Loren
Gordon, David
Series title:Jon Scieszka's Trucktown Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4169-4142-2
Publication Date:Aug 2009
Publisher:Simon Spotlight
Imprint:Simon Spotlight
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $4.99
Book Description:

Trucktown gets spooky just in time for Halloween. Rev your engines for another Ready-to-Roll in the New York Times bestselling program! Melvin has a flat tire. When he rolls into a spooky graveyard, he finds just what he needs: a new golden one. But as soon as he puts it on, he hears a spooky voice calling after him, "Who took my golden tire?" Melvin speeds home and hides under his tarp. The ghost follows him. The spooky voice gets closer...
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Book Details
Pages:24
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks
Juvenile Fiction / Ghost Stories
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.2 Inches
Book Weight:0.115 Pounds
Author Biography
Scieszka, Jon (Author)
Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint , Michigan. After he graduated from Culver Military Academy where he was a Lieutenant, he studied to be a doctor at Albion College. He changed career directions and attended Columbia University where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980. Before he became a full time writer, Scieszka was a lifeguard, painted factories, houses, and apartments and also wrote for magazines. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years as a 1st grade assistant, a 2nd grade homeroom teacher, and a computer, math, science and history teacher in 3rd - 8th grade.

He decided to take off a year from teaching in order to work with Lane Smith, an illustrator, to develop ideas for children's books. His book, The Stinky Cheese Man received the 1994 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Scieszka's Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith, was an American Library Association Notable Book in 1996; a Blue Ribbon Book from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books in 1995; and a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book in 1995. The Stinky Cheese Man received Georgia's 1997 Children's Choice Award and Wisconsin's The Golden Archer Award. Math Curse received Maine's Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshire's The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. He was appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2008. In 2014 his title, Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor made The New York Times Best Seller List. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger made the list in 2015.

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