Truth about the world / My maturity, in flames / Daniel Adel -- Stone=throw / Superpatriot / Crossing / Reading can be dangerous / My entire football career / Only a game / Gondanaland / E, A minor, B7 / My brilliant invention / A real guy / My life of crime / Triplets / Legend of Tripod / "O" foods / What I'm telling you is the truth / Rules / Any questions, class? / Guide for guys / Why books are dangerous / Brett Helquist -- Follower / Red fire engine / There must be a mistake / Thwacked / My superpowers / My dad is better than your dad / Adam McCauley -- Let's go to the videotape / Boys, beer, barf, and bonding / Shooting the breeze / Principals and principles / A great, big, beautiful world / My French teacher tried to kill me / Learning how to be a boy / Lightning man / A casualty of war / Wrestling with reading / Dav Pilkey -- from "on writing" / Pop / Guy things / Role-playing and discovery / Busted / Copies / When all bicycles were black / Pellet in the paint can / Unfinished business / Sergio Ruzzier -- Daydreams / Licky Dave / Anything can happen / No, David! / Dead body / It all began with books / from "How Angel Peterson got his name" / 1928 Packard / Lone [star] Ranger / David Sheldon -- A day at the zoo ; Boys are big experts / "Funny you should ask" from The life of Reilly / Peter Sís -- Death of a writer / Sweet dreams / Maybe yeah, maybe nah / Bufos / Lane Smith -- GUYfesto--who we are! / Day I threw the Trivia Bowl / Bringing up 'saur subjects / Roy G. Biv / Hammer and the bullet / Masque of the red death / Reading and relating / Dragon in the big glommy castle / Bombs, girls / Conduct / Fire escape / My first step to the White House / Give a guy a newspaper / Eat dirt / Training the bear / Pals forever: me Bobby Fisher, and the Hardy Boys / Aw, nuts! / "Puzzle pieces" from The lost garden / Heartbeat / I was young in the old days