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1) Bullying
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"Bullying is currently defined as aggressive, unwanted behavior toward someone that is repeated multiple times. It excludes romantic partners and parental abuse. There is usually also a perceived or observed power imbalance between the perpetrator and the victim for behavior to be seen as bullying. This experience can cause harm to the victim, which may be physical, psychological, social, or educational. There are multiple kinds of bullying to be...
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"It's not always easy to stand out from the crowd, especially if you're a teenager. There's a lot of information out there on how to deal with bullying, but a lot of it is contradictory or seems like it won't work . . . Helping you sort fact from fiction, the book looks at the different forms bullying can take and debunks commonly held myths such as 'bullying makes you stronger' and 'ignore it and it will stop'. You'll learn techniques to clear your...
3) The Gray
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Thirteen-year-old Sasha suffers from bullying and extreme anxiety, which he calls the Gray, and when things hit a breaking point, his parents send him to stay with his Aunt Ruthie in upstate New York, where Sasha's aunt and uncle used to run a Jewish summer camp. There, Sasha begins to explore and even make some new friends, and things start to look up when he meets a horse nicknamed the Gray at a local ranch. But when one of his new friends disappears,...
4) Secret me
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"Charlottetown teen Tage seems to have it all: she hangs out with the school's most popular clique and has a handsome boyfriend. She's also living a lie about her sexuality. Wren, a nonbinary schoolmate, has been the victim of bullying by Tage's clique, which leaves Tage racked by guilt because she's always been drawn to Wren. When Tage picks up Wren during a snowstorm and they are forced to spend a night together, their true feelings emerge. With...
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"Gloomy, introverted, and the daughter of a shaman--Naerim is an easy target for the bullies in her class. With no friends and an aloof mother, she faces this daily nightmare all alone. But just as she hits rock bottom, her knight in shining armor swoops in! Except he's dressed in sinister black...and he's an ancient vampire?! Fetechou makes it no secret that he desires her blood, but he'll work for every drop by giving her back what she most desperately...
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"Meesh es una mala demonia. O sea, ser demonia no le sale bien: prefiere leer revistas sobre el reino de las hadas y buscar la bondad en los demás, que no es precisamente lo más demoniaco. Por eso sus compañeros se burlan de ella, la excluyen por no ser como ellos. Sin embargo, cuando ocurre el gran desastre, Meesh será la única capaz de viajar a otros mundos para intentar salvar el suyo"--Back cover.
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It’s summer vacation, and Uka’s social circle is dazzling! Hanging out at the beach, texting, going to karaoke…Uka has never had so many opportunities to experience fun with friends. But the start of her second term at Hachimitsu may signal storm clouds on the horizon, as her overprotective father doesn’t take so kindly to her new lifestyle. Will the friendships Uka has always dreamed of be ripped away as quickly as they came together?
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Thirteen-year-old Will is awkward and terrible at hockey, which makes him an easy target for bullies and a big disappointment to his dad, the school principal and a former NHL player. Then, things go from bad to worse when his seventeen-year-old hockey star cousin, Alex, comes to stay with Will's family. But everything changes when Will and Alex realizes they aren't so different after all, and Will discovers he's actually good at something: dancing....