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Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bullying occurs at every age and in many different environments, but it is an all-too-ordinary childhood event. At least one out of every five students has reported being bullied at school. The behavior involves key characteristics: repeated, aggressive, and unwelcome actions towards another and an imbalance of power between the attacker and the victim. Helping the bully change is also part of many successful anti-bullying strategies. Often, bullies...
2) Dinosaur Boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows the dinosaur gene skips a generation. So it isn't a complete surprise when Sawyer sprouts spikes and a tail before the start of fifth grade. After all, his grandfather was part stegosaurus. Despite the Principal's Zero Tolerance Policy, Sawyer becomes a bully magnet, befriended only by Elliot aka "Gigantor" and the weird new girl. When the bullies start disappearing, Sawyer is relieved-until he discovers a secret about the principal...
Author
Publisher
National Issues Forums Institute
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Youth and Violence: Reducing the Threat Violence has become a pervasive presence in American life, especially violence involving young people. Whether it manifests itself on the screen or on the streets, the central and most urgent question remains: how can we reduce violence in the lives of young people? Like the other nonpartisan guides used by participants in National Issues Forums, Youth and Violence: Reducing the Threat can be used in communities...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back.
Author
Publisher
IFWG Publishing International
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Golden Spinner is a story about a child named Alex, who is being bullied. He feels there is no hope, life is no longer fun. Then one day something amazing happens that changes not only his life but the life of the boy who is bullying him. Come join the adventure as a new superhero is born, a superhero that stops bullying!
Author
Publisher
Major Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring and informative guide for a new generation of leaders who are ready to speak up against toxic behaviour and bullying in the workplace.
We've all heard of the Bystander Effect, where people see bad behaviour and they walk on by. Bystanders have been called out by the #MeToo Movement, Black Lives Matter and March4Justice, to name just three. It' s not OK to ignore bad behaviour and it never has been. With 35% of the workforce now from...
Author
Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl's suicide raises questions of culpability for internet bullies in this investigation by the criminologist and true crime author.
On September 5, 2015, in a public park in LaVergne, Tennessee, fourteen-year-old Sherokee Harriman drove a kitchen knife into her stomach as other teens watched in horror. The coroner ruled it a "suicide." But was it? Or was it a crime perpetuated by other teens who had bullied her?
Sherokee's tragic death...
8) Stupid Fast
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Series
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English
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Praise for Stupid Fast "A rare mix of raw honesty and hilarity. Stupid Fast is Stupid Good!" -Peter Bognanni, author of The House of Tomorrow I AM NOT STUPID FUNNY. I AM STUPID FAST. My name is Felton Reinstein, which is not a fast name. But last November, my voice finally dropped and I grew all this hair and then I got stupid fast. Fast like a donkey. Zing! Now they want me, the guy they used to call Squirrel Nut, to try out for the football team....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Paige Rawl was an ordinary girl.
Cheerleader, soccer player, honor roll student. One of the good kids at her middle school.
Then, on an unremarkable day, Paige disclosed the one thing that made her "different": her HIV-positive status.
It didn't matter that she was born with the disease or that her illness posed no danger to her classmates.
Within hours, the bullying began.
They called her PAIDS. Left cruel notes on her locker. Talked in whispers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Grade school bullies are a fact of life. But kids can protect themselves from these tormenters, thanks to Keith Vitali, a Black Belt Hall of Famer and a past guest on the The Oprah Winfrey Show. He shows parents some very basic self-defense techniques that they can teach their children so kids have the skills to stand up for themselves in everyday situations. Vitali's simple instructions come accompanied by lots of black-and-white photographs in easy-to-follow,...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Join Bella the bird dog and her friend, Rosie the robin, on an encouraging adventure to find a lost blue jay's mom. The animal friends come to the rescue when they learn that Bonnie is all alone in the woods. With the help of Bella's strong nose and Rosie's sharp eyes, they search for the young bird's mother. Along the way, they learn just how wrong their opinions of the critters all around them were. This book teaches young children how to overlook...
12) Walk the Edge
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Can a good girl and a bad boy work together to solve each other's problems? . . . A daring love story filled with blackmail, revenge, and unexpected trust." -School Library Journal
Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyberbully's line of fire-and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor"...
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Series
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods When bullying threatens to destroy a teen's life, painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J. C. Fullerton. With the support of the Sweet Magnolias, they bring the town together to ensure that a promising student's future isn't ruined. And to establish once and for all that bullying has no place...
14) Just My Luck
Author
Series
Zack Delacruz volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zack Delacruz is back--and eager to meet Abhi, the new girl at school. But things get off to a rough start when he accidentally knocks her to the ground during a game of dodgeball. And whenever he tries to make amends, she just ignores him. Nothing works--not his friends' advice or his "lucky" cologne. In fact, he just seems more and more cursed! Then, at the Fall Fiesta-val, Zack finally learns the real reason behind Abhi's cold shoulder ... but...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Zack Delacruz is unnoticed at his middle school-and that's just the way he likes it. But a school assembly, a typhoon of spit, and an uncharacteristic moment of bravery are all it takes to change everything. Suddenly Zack is in charge of the class fundraiser. Worse, his partner is the school's biggest bully! If they don't sell all the chocolate bars, there will be no dance for the sixth grade. Zack never wanted to be a hero, but with his classmates'...
16) Shooter
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Language
English
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Description
The groundbreaking and widely praised novel about a school shooting, from the acclaimed author of Monster. Multiple narratives, a personal journal, and newspaper and police reports add perspective and pull readers into the story.
"Questions of guilt and innocence drive the plot and stay with the reader," said Hazel Rochman in a starred Booklist review. "Highly readable."
"A haunting story that
...17) Hello, universe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
It's the deadliest combination going: bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a glance at headlines across the country. In this updated edition of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, which includes a new section on cyberbullying, one of the world's most trusted parenting educators...
19) The Way It Hurts
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
There may be two sides to every story, but sometimes there's only one way to set things right ... Music is Elijah's life. His band plays loud and hard, and he'll do anything to get them a big break. He needs that success to help take care of his sister, who has special needs. So he'd rather be practicing when his friends drag him to a musical in the next town ...until the lead starts to sing. Kristen dreams of a career on stage like her grandmother's....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The author of Girl Against the Universe and Liars, Inc. plunges readers into a world where the internet is always watching-and judging-in this compelling story about mistakes, repercussions, and online vigilante justice. Perfect for fans of Sarah Darer Littman's Backlash or Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything . After waking up from a coma, Genevieve Grace can't remember the car crash that killed her boyfriend Dallas, a YouTuber turned teen...
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