Guys Read: Believing in Brooklyn

Believing in Brooklyn by Matt De La Pena It’s about a kid named Benny whose Grandmother is sick so is best friend Ray and he decide to invent a wishing machine to help his grandmother get well. Every day going to school Benny would always walk by a homeless man and donate money. After they wished for......more

MATT DE LA PENA REQUIRED This short novel/story tells of a young man, Bennie, who carries the burden of worrying about his sick grandmother, who cares for him. He constantly feels that she is too old to care for a "stupid teenager" like him. The novel is set in Brooklyn, NY and a presumed rough area......more

MATT DE LA PENA CATEGORY This story is about a kid, Benny, who gets a drawing from his friend, Ray, depicting his design for a "wish machine." Benny laughs it off, but even so, he whispers a little wish for earplugs to the picture and goes to bed. The next day he finds a pair of headphones sitting on......more

Kind of a fun short story about a teenage boy solving a mystery. The title doesn't really fit and the cover art isn't great, so don't let that fool you!......more

All of the "Guys Read: Thriller" stories gave me the chills. I loved "Believing in Brooklyn." It was a really amazing story of how a kid whose grandmother was dying gave some coins to a homeless person every time he walked by a deli. The reason why was that the guy reminded him of his grandmother. A......more