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1: Good book
This is a very good book so far. My son and I are reading it together and it is very good.
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2: Wonderful Teen Reading!
My son handed me this book a couple years ago saying, "Mom, you have to read this book, you'll like it." I took his advice and read the book and have to say, he was right! It's a wonderful book and the author really does an awesome job of showing the feelings of her characters. At times it is heart wrenching and many life lessons are learned. I plan to read all of the books in this series and to own them all as well. If you have teens, you'll find that the Bluford High Series is really great reading for them. Safe but truthful.
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3: Teaches a lot to bullies
My group of 8th grade boys read this book and were impressed with the way Darell handled being bullied.
Would recommend it for Middle School students to read on how to bullying.
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4: One of the best books ever.
Paul Langon showed me in this book The Bully the setting, plot, conflict, characters, point of view, and theme. The theme of the this book is about a boy named Darrell Mercer who lived in Philly but moved to California because his mom had lost her job and they became very poor. So Darrell's uncle Jason moves them to California with his famil and gave the mom a new job there she was making more money. Darrell was very mad at his mom because he didn't want to move it was his freshman year in high school . Darrell problem was that he was really skinny and short for his age he looked more like a 5th grader than a 9th grader. So Darrell first dat in California he walked to a corner store where he ran into a boy named Tyray He was large for his age. Darrell found out that they where freshman's in went to Bluford High the new school he was going to start going to so they told Darrell he better start bringing them $10.00 a week Darrell was scared so he decided to pay them. Later that day Darrell meet a girl named Amberlynn he thought she was the prettist girl he had ever seen Darrell found out they she also went to Bluford High. On his first day he found out he had 2 class with Amberlynn amd 3 with Tyray . After his first day he was sad because he went through a hole day with out anyone talking to him. Darrell ran into an old lady at the store she told him she had a grandson named Harold that went to Bluford High so the next day when Darrell went to school he wanted to look for Harold. Darrell found Harold and they became best friends Tyray was still bullying Darrell it had gotten worse because Tyray found out that Amberlynn liked Darrell and Tyray became very jealous. Darrell could not take being bullyed anymore so he wanted to join the wrestling team so he could build confidence and become stronger. Darrell had started to get muscle's at his first match he lost by two point's. The next day at lunch Tyray was made because Darrell didn't pay him his $10.00 they got into a fight Darrell won and Tyray was suspended for bullying. After the fight Darrell had seen that he was not alone anymore he had a girlfriend Amberlynn and a bestfriends Harold. Darrell was not ever bullyed after that anymore
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5: Important Book for Middle School Boys
I think this book is a must for teachers who have middle school boys strugglng with literacy issues. Not only African-American children can relate to this story but immigrant/refugee children as well. The students are outsiders who struggle to fit in and often are limited in knowledge and the culture. Often they are placed in struggling schools and neighborhoods. Parents work long hours and are even more isolated from the culture they live in. This book helps kids, especially boys relate.
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