MORE 'BULLYING' POSTS
Girls Against Girls {Book Review, Discussion & Giveaway}
| Bonnie Burton, Bullying, Feminism, Gender issues, Girls, Girls Against Girls, Nonfiction, Teen Issues, Zest Books
My heart speeds up. I see a single bead of sweat start to fall down my cheek. Soon that bead of sweat will be a tear, but not quite yet. She is coming. I stand at the bus stop waiting to go to school and she is coming. I am in the 5th grade, alternately […]
D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon, authors of Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: The Varcolac’s Diary, are on the set of their second book Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Witch Moon to interview characters from the books. Here they are with Darcy Witherington (Books 1 and 2) and Kerinnon (Book 1) engaged in […]
Book Review: Butter by Erin Jade Lange
| Book Reviews, Bullying, Butter, Erin Jade Lange, Obesity, Self Image
Now over 400 pounds, Butter is a teenage boy who knows all to well the loneliness that comes from being an outcast. But when he announces that he is going to eat himself to death online, he finds that popularity is both toxic and fleeting -and often quite dishonest. Butter by Erin Jade Lange is […]
If Not You, Then Whom? Taking a Stand For What You Believe In
| Advocacy, Bullying, Diversity, GLBTQ, Teen Empowerment, Teen Issues
By now you might have heard of the debate going on about Chick-Fil-A, Chick-Fil-A’s President’s Dan Cathy’s statement about the company’s statement that they support the “biblical definition of the family unit” which does not include same-sex couples. The company actively gives money to anti-gay organizations. YA author Jackson A. Pearce has a couple of […]
Book Review: Cornered, 15 Stories of Bullying and Defiance
| Bullying, Chris Crutcher, Kate Ellison, Lish McBride, Short Stories
You can’t turn on the nightly news without hearing news stories about how bullying is affecting the lives of our teens. Make no mistake, bullying has always been an issue, but the impact of it seems to be changing as bullying takes to the Internet. Teens are talking about it. Parents are talking about it. […]
There’s a t-shirt popular among writers that says, “Writers block: when your imaginary friends won’t talk to you.” (Note to self: buy t-shirt.) It’s a well-accepted fact that writers are probably the only group of people who DON’T panic when they hear voices in their minds. At any given time, there are about half a […]
Atticus was Right: Guest post by Amianne Bailey (Autism and Libraries)
| Autism, Bullying, Harper Lee, Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper, To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Was Right *Names have been changed to protect the truly awesome. This is part of our ongoing focus on autism and libraries. Current statistics indicate that 1 out of 88 children are diagnosed with Autism. This is a story about how books can make a difference. I’m one of THOSE librarians. After I read a […]
I am sure I don’t need to recount the news of the week, we all know. Another young man entered his school with a gun and shot some of his classmates. Once again we hear cries that bullying has led to violence. Also in the news, Lady Gaga started a foundation and challenged teens everywhere […]
When I was in the 5th grade, there was a girl at my bus stop that hated me. I don’t know why. I had the wrong clothes or the wrong hair or whatever. As if those things really matter. As if somehow what you put on the outside of your body is more important then […]
Bullying has become such a problem with today’s teens that it is a huge topic in the news and media. In fact, with a hand full of high profile suicides in the news, a new term has been coined: Bullycide – a suicide that is the result of bullying. As someone who works with and values teenagers, […]
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