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11/21/13

Bully

TITLE: Bully
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Patricia Polacco
PUBLISHER: Putman Juvenile   
 PUBLICATION DATE: September 13, 2012
GENRE: Realistic Fiction                     READING LEVEL: 3rd-4th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Lyla just moved to a new town which is where she met Jamie, a new boy at her new school. They became friends. Lyla tried out for cheerleading and made the team, which allowed her to be friends with the most popular girls at school. However, when Lyla saw how mean they were, she stopped talking to them. They later began bullying Lyla over the Internet.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:
1. Have an open discussion of bullying.
2.Define the different forms of bullying.
3. Have the class do the paper activity on bullying.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kenyah Wolfe Valdosta State University

LABELS: Bullying, Friendship, and realistic fiction
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