Book #2 Read in 2019
Bully on the Bus by Kathryn Apel
This is a verse novel, geared towards elementary readers, about a boy who is being bullied on the bus by a high school girl. He is in second grade; his sister, a 5th grader, is on the bus with him and tries to help him but the bully shuts her down. It shows the effect bullying can have on a child. I feel the adults in the book (the parents, bus driver and teacher) were a little clueless but I think it was because the author wanted to show how a child can handle bullying him/herself. I can see the value of this book as a read aloud/discussion book in elementary classrooms and by parents at home.
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