Bullying
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TITLE: The Passing Playbook
AUTHOR: Isaac Fitzsimmons WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Fit - ROMANCE SUMMARY: Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio.At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boy's soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his teammates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans-he's passing. So when a discriminatory law forces Spencer's coach to bench him after he discovers the "F" on Spencer's birth certificate, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to play, even though it would mean coming out to everyone- including the guy he's falling for. |
TITLE: Ace of Spades
AUTHOR: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Àbí - MYSTERY SUMMARY: Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, two students at Niveus Private Academy, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects and struggle against an anonymous bully who reveals all of their secrets. |
TITLE: Full Disclosure
AUTHOR: Camryn Garrett CALL NUMBER: FIC Gar - NOVELS SUMMARY: Simone, seventeen, HIV-positive and in love for the first time, decides that facing potential bullies head-on may be better than protecting her secret. |
TITLE: Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
AUTHOR: Edited by Megan Kelly Hall and Carrie Jones WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 302.3 Dea SUMMARY: A collection of stories in which seventy authors share their experiences with and feelings about bullying, including selections from Lauren Kate, R. L. Stine, Melissa Walker, Laura Kasischke, Amy Reed, Kurtis Scaletta, Carolyn Mackler, and others. |
TITLE: Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose
AUTHOR: Mary Rose; edited by Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 305.235 Ros SUMMARY: Presents the diary of Mary Rose who dealt with addiction, bullying, and a deadly secret. |
TITLE: Bullies: A Friendship
AUTHOR: Alex Abramovich WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 921 Abr SUMMARY: Alex Abramovich relates details about his friendship with Trevor Latham, a man who bullied him in grade school and founded the Oakland motorcycle club the East Bay Rats; discusses his experiences living in Oakland and immersing himself in the club; and examines the social conditions of Oakland during the early twenty-first century. |
TITLE: Wonder
AUTHOR: R. J. Palacio WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Pal - NOVELS SUMMARY: 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 taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student. |
TITLE: Symptoms of Being Human
AUTHOR: Jeff Garvin WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Gar - NOVELS SUMMARY: A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the topic that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students. |
TITLE: Backlash
AUTHOR: Sarah Darer Littman WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Lit - NOVELS SUMMARY: When Christian, a boy she knows only through Facebook, posts a lot of nasty comments on her page, fifteen-year-old Lara tries to kill herself--but that is only the beginning of the backlash for her sister, Sydney; her former friend Bree; and her classmates. |
TITLE: Because You'll Never Meet Me
AUTHOR: Leah Thomas WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Tho - NOVELS SUMMARY: Ollie, who has seizures when near electricity, lives in a backwoods cabin with his mother and rarely sees other people, and Moritz, born with no eyes and a heart defect that requires a pacemaker, is bullied at his high school, but when a physician who knows both suggests they begin corresponding, they form a strong bond that may get them through dark times. |
TITLE: Bone Gap
AUTHOR: Laura Ruby WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Rub - MYSTERY SUMMARY: Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying. |
TITLE: A Silent Voice, Vol. 1
AUTHOR: Yoshitoki Oima WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Oim - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes his favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya end up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up his past mistakes, or is it too late? |
TITLE: Period .8
AUTHOR: Chris Crutcher WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: FIC Cru - LOCAL SUMMARY: Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie "The Bomb" Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school. |