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Author
Series
Terrible two volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone's favorite pranksters are at it again! 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. Are our heroes' sharp minds any match for these hooligans' hard fists? The latest installment of the
...Author
Series
Home team novels volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.
Author
Publisher
Thaqāfah lil-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Arabic
Description
Nora is being bullied by people she does not know through her online account. I wonder what is the reason? Is Nora the only one who experiences this kind of harassment, "cyberbullying"? How can she cope with this bullying? What do you think of bullies?
Author
Publisher
Lulu Publishing Services
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"An elderly man teaches his granddaughter a lesson on dealing with bullies and then tells his grandchildren of an adventure he had when he was about their age. That adventure took place at the bottom of a pond on a family farm. Did it really happen or was it an hallucination, the result of a near drowning?" -- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1944, while her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret gets a new view of the school bully Gordy when she finds him hiding his own brother, an army deserter, and decides to help him.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When a boy with a terrible secret moves to town there is a sudden increase in dust storms, and asthmatic Avalyn theorizes the storms are linked to his emotions and tries to help as she struggles to breathe.
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary brings her classic warmth and humor to this story about sibling rivalry and teamwork. Mitch and Amy both think being twins is fun, but that doesn't stop them from squabbling. Amy is good at reading. Mitch is a math whiz. Amy likes to play pretend. Mitch would rather skateboard. They never want to watch the same television show. And they always try to get the better of each other. Then the school bully...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Getting in trouble is what Hector does best. He knows that not much is expected of him. In fact, he gets some of his most brilliant prank ideas while sitting in detention. But how far is too far? When Hector plays a prank on a homeless man and is seen and shamed by a schoolmate, he reaches a turning point. He wants to be viewed differently and decides to do something that will change his fate for the better. But will anyone take him seriously?"--Dust...
Author
Series
Felix and Fiona volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Felix has a new best friend! With take-charge Fiona, anything seems possible, and before Felix knows it, she sweeps him into singing and dancing with her as pixies in the Guinea Pig Jubilee talent show. But right after Felix's first-prize triumph, trouble waits in the wings. "Twinkletoes!" someone taunts, and Felix crumbles. Can he pull himself together and face down the bullies? With a little help from Fiona, can Felix find a magic key that unlocks...
11) The hike to home
Author
Publisher
FSG Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
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.
Series
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Marty McFly test-drives his friend Doc's time machine and accidentally travels 30 years into the past, where he must locate a younger version of Doc and make sure that his parents fall in love.
13) Becoming Shazam
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Billy Batson, a street-wise Philadelphia teenager who can transform into the superhero Shazam.
14) How to be a lion
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Leonard the lion and his friend Marianne, a duck, are confronted by a pack of lion bullies, they find a creative way to stand up for themselves"--
15) The Insiders
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
16) Poached
Author
Series
FunJungle volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After his fortune cooken is stolen by the school bully, Ben tries to get his fortune back by taking his case to the Kid Court.
18) Lunch from home
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Ray, Preeti, Mina, and Niki bring their favorite lunches to school, their classmates scrunch their noses and act disgusted, but the four children learn to stand up for their lunches and cultural backgrounds. Based on the real-life childhood experiences of chefs Ray Garcia, Preeti Mistry, Mina Park, and Niki Russ Federman.
19) Alabama moon
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life. I could trap my own food and make my own clothes. I could find my way by the stars and make fire in the rain. Pap said he even figured I could whip somebody three times my size. He wasn't worried about...
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rumi's family has moved to a new town and he is feeling lonely and left out at school because one of the other kids, Asher, is a bully -- until Sebastian joins him, drawing in the dirt under the old willow tree.
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