The Bullies and Me

By Harriet May Savitz

"Are you afraid?" Making friends isn't easy, Allan realizes, especially when you're the new kid in town. Since moving to Ocean View, Allan has spent most of his time alone, out at Silver Lake, watching the geese and the beautiful, graceful white ducks he calls snowbirds. So Allan is grateful when Tony and Pete let him hang out with them. Until the day they start throwing rocks at the birds, and daring Allan to hit one. "What are you, afraid?" they tease. "Maybe we just won't call you anymore. You're scared to do anything."

Allan wants to belong, but will he have to attack the birds to prove himself? And is it worth it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595339492
• ISBN13: 9780595339495
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Moving Coming-of-Age Title

My best friend Nelson gave me this book in the 6th grade or so. Then in the 7th grade I moved away. Rarely spoke to Nelson again.Yet, this book he gave me, I never really read so I picked it up, read it, and found myself to be in the exact SAME situation!A nice guy moves to a new town and he always thinks about the past, such as his old house and his old friends and his best friend.Eventually, through touching storytelling, he learns to concentrate on the present. This help made me see the light as well! This book is highly underrated and hard to find, but don't pass up!