The villain's guide to being a hero / by Christopher Healy -- First crossing / by Pam Munoz Ryan -- Need that dog / by Sharon Creech -- How I became stink Daley / by Deborah Hopkinson -- The wager / by Cathy Camper and Raul the Third -- Kalash / by Eugene Yelchin -- General Poophead / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- The warrior and the knave / by Ingrid Law -- The hero of the story / by Lemony Snicket -- How my mother was arrested for murder / by Jack Gantos.