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1) Bloody Seoul
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Supremely loyal, sixteen-year-old Rocky expects to take over his father's notorious gang, Three Star Pa, one day but after catching his father in a lie, discovers they are not as alike as he believed.
2) Fly
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Told in free verse, this moving novel about courage, connection and self-discovery follows Felix, a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy, who, captivated by the noble, chivalrous ideals of knighthood, embarks on a quest to save his lady love from the school bully.
6) Jawbreaker
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twleve-year-old Max, who has an extreme overbite, must navigate sibling rivalry and middle school bullies.
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 1
Language
English
Description
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sneaking into her grandfather's potions lab to brew a love spell that she hopes will stop a classmate's bullying, herbalist trainee Jolina is surprised by the bully's increasingly friendly overtures, before a magically consequential storm begins to gather.
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 3
Language
English
Description
"School's out, and Miles and Niles are running wild in the woods outside town: climbing trees, exploring caves, and, yes, pranking. But these leafy, lazy days of mischief darken when bully Josh Barkin and his cadets from a nearby kids' boot camp discover the merrymakers--and vow to destroy them"--
11) Starfish
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
14) The hike to home
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lin and her two new friends brave the wilderness to find a castle, prove a local legend, and discover the true meaning of home.
15) Here to stay
Author
Language
English
Description
When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
16) Kiki kicks
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
At her first karate lesson, a young girl named Kiki regains her confidence and strength after being bullied at school.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Reeling from the loss of his brother in Vietnam, Richard moves with his family from California to his grandmother's abandoned house in Utah, where he finds the holiday spirit with the help of an elderly neighbor and his dog.
Author
Series
Willis Wilbur volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Diving bowtie-first into the entrepreneurial pool, nine-year-old Willis Wilbur, deciding to be the Neighborhood Life Coach, has his work cut out for him as he canvasses for clients while keeping the bullies at bay.
19) Bone Gap
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.
20) Sam is my sister
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Evan, Sam, and Finn fish, climb trees, and play astronauts together, but when Sam wants to have long hair and wear dresses, Evan is confused until he learns what it means to be transgender.
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