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Kawakami's novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious...
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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
6) Not little
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Dot proves she is not little by standing up to a school bully.
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Olympia explorer volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"A bullied boy discovers a door guarded by a sly monster . . . A painting of a door opens in a forgotten Egyptian tomb . . . A portal in the park promises to turn you into a much cooler version 2.0--if you can just get the bugs out" -- from publisher's web site.
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Tally Olivia Adams is a twelve-year-old (just) autistic girl faced with the prospect of a week-long end-of-the-year class trip, which worries her, because there will be "teams" and "activities" and "competition" all of which terrifies her, especially whenshe finds out she is not bunking with her friend Aleksandra; the other girls on her team are often nasty, especially Skye--and Tally needs all the life-skills she has learned to cope with and expose...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2024]
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Español
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"De la pluma de la legendaria Dolly Parton nos llega esta historia sobre su dios-perro y personalidad de Instagram, Billy el Niño, quien anhela triunfar como estrella de la música country en Nashville, Tennessee. El bulldog francés Billy el Niño nació con buen oído para la música. Y no para cualquier tipo de música. ¡Le encanta ladrar al ritmo de la música country! De manera que Billy parte hacia Nashville para dedicarse a cantar con el...
14) The best at it
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English
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Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
15) The losers club
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.
16) Thornhill
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
17) Lunch every day
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KO Kids Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Based on the true story of a boy named Jimmy who takes another kid's lunch at school every day. But through the power of kindness he is transformed into a compassionate human being."--Publisher
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DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
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First Bilingual edition.
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English
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"Little Leonard can be a bit shy and finds it hard to make his voice heard. This sometimes means he misses out on some of the exciting experiences life has to offer: tasty seed snacks, playing games with the other children at free time, or being the first in the class to answer a question he knows he has the answer to. But when Leonard sees a friend being picked on by a bully in the playground can he find the courage to speak out and save the day?"--Provided...
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