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1) Blubber
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it is like when she, too, becomes a target.
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 9
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Readers are instructed on how to deal with bullies who hurt others using words. Chapters explain the difference between good-natured teasing among friends and taunting that is meant to hurt and threaten. Readers will explore why people are verbally abusive and the text will advise on seeking help if they are being bullied and how to help others who are being bullied. --Publishers website.
10) Cherry and Olive
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A very shy girl who longs for a friend falls in love with a lost puppy at the shelter where her father works.
11) Wonder
Author
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
13) Chocolate me!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Relates the experiences of a dark-skinned, curly-haired child who wishes he could look more like the lighter-skinned children in his community until his mother helps him realize how wonderful he is inside and out.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Karen has to get glasses! She doesn't want them, especially because school pictures are going to be taken soon. But she picks out some pretty pink ones and thinks she looks very grown-up. Then Yicky Ricky at school starts calling her names, like Owl Girl and Googly Eyes. If Karen wears her glasses for the school picture, Ricky will make fun of her. If she doesn't wear them, she'll feel like she's afraid to be herself. Glasses or no glasses, that Ricky...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lucy's grandpa has always taught her the importance of treating others the way you would want to be treated, and that it's okay to be different. When Lucy's classmate Ralph starts teasing her at school, Lucy makes a very courageous decision to stand up for herself and what she believes.
20) Chubby bunny
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Barbara "Bunny" Binks comes from a long line of Barbaras, which started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bunny-buns" and playing with her Rabbit, Ralph, and eating marshmallows. Then one day she participates in her favorite marshmallow-eating contest at field day called chubby bunny and her classmates start teasing her. With a little help from another Barbara, Bunny figures out a very sweet solution.
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