When Todd is told by a doctor that he needs to lose weight, he becomes the newest member of his brother's lacrosse team. Each chapter is written in the voice of a different character. Having been invited into the group by Candace, the most popular girl in school, Maya can't understand what she has done to fall out of favour with Candace and therefore the whole group.
One Saturday morning, Maya discovers that she has been forced out of her group of friends.
This book is an accessible page-turner tackling the serious subject of bullying. Realistic depiction of the push-and-pull of middle school relationships.Įarl will do anything to avoid the meanest kid in school – even play dead!Įrica has been miserable at school, first because her best friend moved away, second because a girl in her class is an expert tease and she is the target.Ī sharply witty novel about two school rivals sentenced to a unique form of punishment: battling over board games. Through warned by others that Corey could have an ulterior motive, Josh continues to bask in reflected glory until a near-tragic afternoon on the local frozen pond. But if Martin wants to lose his label as the neighbourhood bully, he will have his work cut out for him.Īverage student Josh is surprised when a popular jock befriends him at his new school. He can't help it if he's the biggest boy in his sixth grade class, or if his parents would rather yell at him than listen to him. Quizzes and do's and don'ts are scattered throughout the book. The book is presented like a graphic novel with excellent illustrations about all kinds of bullying situations. The author explains what bullying is, demystifies it, and gives good suggestions about how to deal with it.
This book will give the reader the know-how to deal with bullying, whether a target, a bully, or a witness. How did fifth grade go so wrong so fast?īullying: Deal with it Before Push Comes to Shove! When even that isn't enough, they sabotage the friendship of his grade-school crush, Melody Miller. bullies.Ī trio made up of Eric's former best friend, the tallest kid in class, and a karate-kicking 10-year-old systematically tease and humiliate Eric, eventually turning the entire class against him. What would Oz's hero, James Bond, do? He would make mincemeat of the sharks but this is not a movie, it's real life: mice vs.
It's always sharks-bullies versus everyone else. Oz Levinson is always the same no matter what school he goes to.
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