Presents real stories of kids being physically or emotionally bullied, about being bullies themselves, about being a bystander when others are bullied, and about educators who turn a blind eye to bullying. Each individual's story is followed by discussion questions.
Jack, the new arrival at Barkley's School for Dogs, gets off to a rough start when he chews the bully Doberman's toy, but when someone else needs some protection, Jack soon learns that popularity is not quite as important as true friendship.
After participating in a cruel prank on a classmate, fourteen-year-old Robin and her mother move to Oklahoma, where Robin is mistaken for the substitute principal and receives a new perspective on bullying.
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years. Includes an author's note which provides factual information on tsunamis.
High school sophomore Danny excels at gymnastics but is bullied, like the rest of the gymnasts, by members of the football team, until an emotionally and physically scarred new student joins the football team and forms an unlikely friendship with Danny.
