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    Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
    Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
    Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
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    Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business

    By Mac Barnett, Adam Rex and Jon Scieszka

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    Ernest is annoying. Ernest is awkward. Ernest is…Ernest. And Dean wants nothing to do with him, until Ernest wins the most spectacular trip in the history of America – and is allowed to bring one friend. A short story from the acclaimed collection Guys Read: Funny Business, edited by Jon Scieszka.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 21, 2011
    ISBN9780062111500
    Guys Read: Best of Friends: A Short Story from Guys Read: Funny Business
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    Mac Barnett

    Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. His picture books include two Caldecott Honor–winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn. Among his other popular books are I Love You Like a Pig, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, and The Magic Word, illustrated by Elise Parsley. He lives in Oakland, California. You can visit him online at macbarnett.com.

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