Bully
Patricia Polacco takes on cliques and online bullyingLyla finds a great friend in Jamie on her first day of school, but when Lyla makes the cheerleading squad and a clique of popular girls invites her to join them, Jamie is left behind. Lyla knows bullying when she sees it, though, and when she...
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Patricia Polacco takes on cliques and online bullyingLyla finds a great friend in Jamie on her first day of school, but when Lyla makes the cheerleading squad and a clique of popular girls invites her to join them, Jamie is left behind. Lyla knows bullying when she sees it, though, and when she sees the girls viciously teasing classmates on Facebook, including Jamie, she is smart enough to get out. But no one dumps these girls, and now they're out for revenge.Patricia Polacco has taken up the cause against bullies ever since Thank You, Mr. Falker, and her passion shines through in this powerful story of a girl who stands up for a friend.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399257049 (0399257047)
Publish date: September 13th 2012
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Picture Books,
Social Issues,
Storytime,
Teachers
Bully is a great book to use during the first few days of school for grades first-fifth. This book is about young students who want to be accepted in school and online bullying takes place during this adjustment of a girl moving to a new school. Online bullying occurs more than people think, so I th...
I found this a shallow and inauthentic story about standing up to a school bully. The characters just didn't click with me at all and the plot was the same as Mean Girls, but not funny.
Picture book isn't the right format for this.
I love Patricia Polacco and this is a relevant topic today. I read this with my 11-year-old daughter, who is also in 6th grade, and she thought it wasn't harsh enough to teach kids a lesson. She's watched films about bullying and read a couple of YA books, so this was a little tame for her, I gues...
Online bullying in 6th grade, a story about a timely subject.
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