"Kids need supportive advice for dealing with teasing -- or for knowing when they should stop teasing someone else. This book shares practical tools with kids to help them turn away from teasing. Additional activities are included at the back of the book."--

"Sixth grader Andy Zhou grapples with fitting in, befriends a bully, drifts apart from his childhood best friend, and gets to know grandparents who have just moved from Shanghai to live with his family"--

Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.

In her struggle to protect her best friend from getting hurt, Elizabeth finds herself torn between Amy, who is determined to join the Unicorn Club's cheering squad, and her twin sister Jessica, who is one of the Unicorns who do not want Amy on the team.

While other kids were daydreaming about dances, first kisses, and college, Jodee Blanco was just trying to figure out how to get from homeroom to study hall without being taunted or spit upon as she walked through the halls. This powerful, unforgettable memoir chronicles how one child was shunned -- and even physically abused -- by her classmates from elementary school through high school. It is an unflinching look at what it means to be the outcast,...

"Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. Yet for all their skills and talents, both find themselves being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control. Natural-born leader Evan, who is always good at making new friends, discovers he is at the mercy of a bully on the summer school playground, and is pressured to act in a way he never...

When first-grader Freddy decides to try out for peewee hockey, his archenemy and school bully Max decides to also try out for the one slot left on the team.

Its 1996, and fourth grader Cecil Stevens switches to a new school after his parents, Tim and Lorrie, decide to separate. He's reminded of his lisp every time he says his name and bullied by his new schoolmates, so he decides to change his name to Michael Jordan. His entire school learns an important lesson about acceptance after he and his friend Abby start a business with the corrupt principal that sells celebrity names to kids.

After feeling ignored in his new town, a young toad tries to act like a bully but learns the value of being a good friend instead.