bullies

"French bulldog Billy the Kid was born with an ear for music. And not just any music. He loves barking to the beat of country music! So Billy sets out to Nashville to sing his heart out. But when he meets some big bullies at the Battle of the Bow-wows, Billy worries he's barking up the wrong tree. He'll need his favorite songs ('Jowlene' and 'I Will Pawlways Love You,' of course), a group of scrappy new friends, and his favorite country music star to regain self-confidence and be the star he always knew he could be"-- Provided by publisher.

Twleve-year-old Max, who has an extreme overbite, must navigate sibling rivalry and middle school bullies.

After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is forced to see the school therapist.

Contains two Bruce Coville stories including "Juliet Dove, Queen of Love" in which a shy twelve-year-old girl must solve a puzzle involving characters from Greek mythology to free herself from a spell that makes her irresistible to boys; and "The Monster's Ring, " the story of a timid boy who, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.

Tomas has come to learn that caring for and training a dragon is not easy, and keeping it out of trouble at home and school is even harder. However, Tomas has a bigger problem--the dragon fruit tree looks unwell. He and his friends will have to figure out how to save the tree before it's too late.

Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.

Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.

Twelve-year-old Jonathan Grisby has been sent to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys, a former lunatic asylum which is currently run by a sadist who enjoys punishing the boys and setting them against each other; but when a lightning strike kills all the adults the boys find themselves suddenly free--and trapped on Scar Island which seems to be sinking into the ocean.

"One morning before classes start, Emily Turner sees something in her school's hallway that brings her to a dead stop --Locker 24 is open. That locker has been shut for over two decades, and no one is allowed to talk about it or ask about it . . . and certainly not touch it. But Emily's heard the rumors. She knows she should report it immediately. As a straight-A student and yearbook editor, Emily always does The Right Thing. But this time she just can't. Instead, she finds herself unable to resist looking in the forbidden locker--and begins a journey that will change her life forever"--Back cover.