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Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.

"Cecilla (Sissy) and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them. That is, until Emma's new friend Alex did just that. When Cecilia became the target of Alex's bullying, it forced Cecilia and Emma apart. Twelve years later, Cecilia is a successful influencer living the dream ... until she runs into Emma for the first time in over a decade, and her world is turned upside down"--Container insert....

When she takes a beating from the class bully, sister bear learns a valuable lesson in self-defense-- and forgiveness.

Twist it once, you're horned and haired; Twist it twice and fangs are bared; Twist it thrice? No one has dared! Russell is sure that the ring he gets at Mr. Elives' shop is just a silly magic trick, but he follows the instructions and twists the ring twice anyway-and becomes a monster! Includes an author's note.

Sasha has been bullied at his middle school and his anxiety, which he calls the Gray, is growing, so his parents and therapist suggest a summer in the country with his aunt might help him.

For the Buckley brothers, payback almost always wins over brotherly love -- unless they are working together against the Hagbarts, the meanest bullies at school. But now Mrs. Buckley has decided that the Buckley family is going to "Elve" the Hagbarts for their Christmas project this year, and the Buckley boys can hardly stand it.

A visionary yet tyrannical middle-aged architect is haunted by figures from his past.

Illustrated tale that teaches children and adults how to be proactive when confronted by bullying.

"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"--

Rumi's family has moved to a new town and he is feeling lonely and left out at school because one of the other kids, Asher, is a bully--until Sebastian joins him, drawing in the dirt under the old willow tree.