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"Twelve-year-old Annabelle must learn to stand up for what's right in the face of a manipulative and violent new bully who targets people Annabelle cares about, including a homeless World War I veteran"--
Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative,...
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Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In school Kyle's persistent bullying is making Thomas feel like a nobody, and he needs help from his classmates and adults to understand and recapture his self-esteem--but Kyle needs help too. Includes activities for children and information on recognizing and preventing bullying for adults.
63) Eleanor & Park
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English
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Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor -- Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough -- Eleanor. Park -- He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...
64) Blood moon
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin - and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid, mortifying, and damaging. In the time it takes to swipe a screen, Frankie's universe implodes. Who can she trust? Not Harriet, her suddenly cruel best friend, and certainly...
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Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Thirteen-year-old Will is generally miserable but finds solace at dance school, and then Will's seventeen-year-old hockey-star cousin, Alex, moves in, and Will and Alex learn a lot about each other and their relationships with their fathers"--Provided by publisher.
Thirteen-year-old Will is generally miserable at the middle school where his father is principal, but after his father refuses to let him attend dance school, Will finds common ground...
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Publisher
The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
67) My Footprints
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Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way...
68) Melissa's Story
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part ... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan....
69) Thornhill
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"--
1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill...
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Publisher
Nube de Tinta
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando la gente ve a George, cree que es un niño. Pero ella sabe que no es verdad. George sabe que es una niña.
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
71) Hola, universo
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
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Virgil se siente fuera de lugar en su familia loca por los deportes. Valencia es sorda, inteligente y ama todo sobre la naturaleza. Kaori es una psíquica autoproclamada, cuya hermana pequeña, Gen, siempre la sigue. Y Chet desea que los niños raros simplemente dejen de ser tan diferentes para poder concentrarse en el baloncesto. No son amigos Pero cuando Chet tira una broma que atrapa a Virgil y su conejillo de indias en el fondo de un pozo, Kaori,...
72) The losers club
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English
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Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law -- pay attention in class, or else -- Alec takes action. He can't lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn't a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec's club -- including his ex-friend turned bully...
73) Four eyes
Author
Series
Four eyes (Rex Ogle) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already"--
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Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Clovis used to struggle with his temper, but ever since he took over his late grandmother's china shop, he's been learning how to manage it. He pours tea, listens to soothing music, and always keeps Granny's words in mind: 'Grace, grace, nothing broken to replace.' But when rivals from his football days come to heckle him at the shop, Clovis faces a big challenge that even Granny's words and deep breaths might not be enough for"--
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Publisher
Silver Dolphin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the pages of this humorous, illustrated chapter-book diary, you'll find out that life is not always a blast--even if you're an exploding Minecraft creeper! Minecraft creeper Mervyn Miles has just one goal: to win the annual Creeper Combustion and Confusion Competition so his father will finally be proud of him. But, between family and school pressures and bullying by arch-rival Wesley, things turn out to be more difficult than Mervyn could have...
76) Dani Bocafuego
Author
Series
Dani Bocafuego volume 1
Publisher
Novelagráfica
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering a giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
Dani Bocafuego es la única criatura mítica en una escuela de reptiles y anfibios. No puede echar fuego por la boca como un dragón normal. Y el matón del cole siempre le roba el almuerzo. Dani acaba de sacar un cate en un...
Author
Series
Creeper diaries volume 2
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Gerald made it through the first few weeks of Mob Middle School in one piece (give or take a limb), even if his quest for popularity hasn't led to fame and glory yet. When he hears about the school's upcoming talent show, Gerald sets his sights on a new plan: unveiling his hidden talents as a rapper. He can picture it already--kids will finally know his name. They'll beg for his autograph. Maybe he'll even impress the super-popular Eddy Enderman!...
Author
Publisher
Cuento De Luz
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
Explorando los temas de la amistad y la intimidación, este enternecedor libro ilustrado presenta una niña con una amiga llamada Dorothy. Dorothy no es como los otros niños en el colegio: es muy grande, siempre deja caer migajas cuando come y pájaros suelen aterrizar sobre su cabeza sin que ella se de cuenta. Los otros amigos de la narradora no aceptan a Dorothy y la excluyen de sus aventuras, alentando a la narradora a hacer lo mismo. Pero la...
79) Luna fortuna
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Fifth grader Luna Ramos has a great many cousins, mostly on her father's side, but one of them, Claudia, is a source of constant annoyance; their current feud begins when Luna is punished for locking Claudia in the restroom at another cousin's quinceanera--but when there's a bullying situation at school, Luna realizes that, despite their disagreements, cousins have to stand up for each other.
Luna Ramos tiene más primos de los que puede contar,...
Author
Series
Fat Angie volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her only friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up a vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication planned for her sister, who died in Iraq, is almost too much to bear, and it doesn't help that her mother has placed a symbolic empty urn on their mantel. At the ceremony, a soldier hands Angie...
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