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 * Mean Kids -- Bullying **
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Bullying --the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something. Check out these books and others from your library. || media type="custom" key="7540455" || //Brutal// by Michael Harmon (9-12) Forced to leave Los Angeles for life in a quiet California wine town with a father she has never known, rebellious sixteen-year-old Poe Holly rails against a high school system that allows elite students special privileges and tolerates bullying of those who are different.

//Burger Wuss// by M.T. Anderson (9-12) Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O’Dermott’s.

//Down Sand Mountain// by Steve Watkins (9-12) In a small Florida mining town in 1966, twelve-year-old Dewey faces one worst-day-ever after another, but comes to know that the issues he faces about bullies, girls, race, and identity are part of the adult world, as well.

//Endgame// by Nancy Garden (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Gray Wilton, bullied at school and ridiculed by an unfeeling father for preferring drums to hunting, goes on a shooting rampage at his high school.

//Kissing the Rain// by Kevin Brooks (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.

//19 Minutes// by Jodi Picoult (9-adult) The people of Sterling, New Hampshire, are forever changed after a shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the judge presiding over the trials tries to remain unbiased, even though her daughter witnessed the events and was friends with the assailant.

//Odd Girl Speaks Out// by Rachel Simmons (9- adult) A collection of writings in which girls discuss their own experiences of being bullied or bullying other girls.

//Ruling Class// by Francine Pascal (9-12) Sick of being bullied and harassed, a new girl at a wealthy suburban Dallas high school plots revenge on the girls in the ruling clique.

//The Savage// by David Almond (9-12) After his father dies and the town bully Hooper begins to target him, Blue starts to write and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts and adventures; but after one of Blue’s characters pays Hooper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of reality have blurred.

//The Sweetheart of Prosper County// by Jill Alexander (8-12) In a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in the next parade and, in the process, grows in her understanding of friendship and helps her widowed mother through her mourning.

//The Traitor Game// by B.R. Collins (9-12) Fifteen-year-old Michael and his friend Francis both feel betrayed when someone at their private school learns of Evgard, a secret fantasy world they created together, but when a sadistic bully becomes involved in Michael’s plan for revenge, the boys and Evgard itself face grave danger.

//Wish You Were Dead// by Todd Strasser (9-12) Madison, a senior at a suburban New York high school, tried to uncover who is responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is being stalked online and in-person.

//Wounded Spirit// by Frank Peretti (9-12) Draws from news stories and his own childhood spent fighting the pain of a disfigurement that made him an object of ridicule to illustrate the effects of emotional scars, and offers ways to overcome abuse.

Recruited by his best friend to gather student input for the proposed Code of Conduct at his high school, Brad encounters obstinate faculty members, monstrous bullies, spineless student leaders and personal agendas. || // Bystander // by James Preller (5-9) Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are consequences to not standing by and watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school officials are aware of the problem, Eric may be the one with a solution.
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// Ghost of Spirit Bear // by Ben Mikaelsen (5-9) Cole Matthews returns to civilization after his year of exile in the Alaskan wilderness and is ready to face high school, but when the school bullies begin to target his friend Peter, Cole feels his rage once again coming to the surface and worries high school may prove harder to survive than the wilderness.

// Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep // by Liz Kessler (5-8) Reunited with her merman father and now living on an island located in the Bermuda Triangle, twelve-year-old Emily accidentally awakens the fearsome kraken and also faces a bully from her past.

// Oh, Brother // by Johnniece Marshall (4-8) Alex’s older brother bullies him, taking his bicycle and his money, until Alex discovers a way to stand up for himself.

//Buddha Boy// by Kathe Koja (6-9) Justin spends time with Jinsen, the unusual and artistic new student whom the school bullies torment and call Buddha Boy, and ends up making choices that impact Jinsen, himself, and the entire school.

//The Bully from the Black Lagoon// by Mike Thayer (K-3) Hubie hears about a new kid at school named Butch Pounder, who is supposed to be a bully, and visualizes a variety of horrible rumors, concocting different ways to defend himself.

Twelve-year-old Ambrose, forced into home schooling after a brutal attack by bullies at his new school, strikes up a friendship with Cosmo, the son of his landlord, and convinces Cosmo to take him to a local Scrabble club meeting while his mother is at work. || || //The Truth about Truman School// by Dori Hillestad Butler (2-6) Tired of being told what to write by the school newspaper online where everyone is free to post anything, but things spiral out of control when a cyber bully starts using the site to harass one popular girl. || //How to be Cool in Third Grade// by Besty Duffey (2-5) When Robbie York is marked as a target by a bully at school, he decides that the only way to survive the third grade is by being cool.
 * //Word Nerd// by Susin Nielsen (2-5)

//Jake Drake, Bully Sister// by Andrew Clements (2-5) Jake faces the challenge of cooperating with the school bully on a class project.