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Beckoners / Carrie Mac

When Zoe moves to a new town, she finds the line between victim and tormentor is easily crossed.


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Bullyville / Francine Prose

After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11, thirteen-year-old Bart, still struggling with his feelings of guilt, sorrow and loss, wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the aftermath of the tragedy.


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Burn / Suzanne Phillips

Bullied constantly during his freshman year in high school, Cameron's anger and isolation grows, leading to deadly consequences.


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Defying the Diva / D. Anne Love

During Haley's freshman year of high school, a campaign of gossip and bullying causes her to be socially ostracized, but after spending the summer living with her aunt, working at a resort, making new friends, and dating a handsome lifeguard, she learns how to stand up for herself and begins to trust again.


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Devil's Toenail / Sally Prue

When he finds a strange weathered stone on the beach, thirteen-year-old Steve decides to pretend that it has mysterious powers that can protect him from bullying and can help him impress the gang he wants to join.


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Diary of a Witness / Catherine Hyde

Ernie, an overweight high school student and long-time target of bullies, relies on his best friend Will to watch his back until Will, overwhelmed by problems at home and guilt over his brother's death, seeks a final solution possibly by suicide...or possibly by "getting even."


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Don't Call Me Ishmael / Michael Gerard Bauer

Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new boy arrives, he shows Ishmael that things could be different.


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Down Sand Mountain / Steve Watkins

In a small Florida mining town in 1966, twelve-year-old Dewey faces one worst-day-ever after another, but comes to know that the issues he faces about bullies, girls, race, and identity are part of the adult world, as well.


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Dreamrider / Barry Jonsberg

Harangued by his father about his weight and bullied in all the many schools he has attended, teenaged Michael finds some comfort in his ability to experience "lucid" dreaming but then starts to notice that the things that happen in his dreams are starting to occur in the real world as well.


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Drowning Anna / Sue Mayfield

After being befriended by the most popular girl in her new school, the brainy and shy Anna is puzzled when their warm friendship descends into cruelty and violence.


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Endgame / Nancy Garden

Fifteen-year-old Gray Wilton, bullied at school and ridiculed by an unfeeling father for preferring drums to hunting, goes on a shooting rampage at his high school.


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Freak / Marcella Pixley

Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.


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Ghost Medicine / Andrew Smith

Still mourning the recent death of his mother, seventeen-year-old Troy Stotts relates the events of the previous year when he and his two closest friends try to retaliate against the sheriff's son, who has been bullying them for years.


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Give a Boy a Gun / Todd Strasser

For as long as they can remember, Brendan and Gary have been mercilessly teased and harassed by the jocks who rule Middletown High. But not anymore. Stealing a small arsenal of guns from a neighbor, they take their classmates hostage at a school dance. In the panic of this desperate situation, it soon becomes clear that only one thing matters to Brendan and Gary: revenge.


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Hang on in There, Shelley / Kate Saksena

Living in London, fourteen-year-old Shelley writes letters to a pop star which describe her life with friends and family, including her divorced alcoholic mother, and her struggles with a school bully.


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Hate List / Jennifer Brown

Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain due to the "hate list" she and Nick created to "get back" at those who taunted them at school.


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Inventing Elliott / Graham Gardner

Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.


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King of the Lost and Found / John Lekich

Between his geeky appearance and constant nosebleeds, Raymond Dunne's tenth-grade year isn't going the way he would have liked it, yet after he creates an underground social club, befriends one of the most popular kids in school, and musters the courage to approach his secret crush, his social standing at school is greatly improved.


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Kiss Me, Kill Me / Lauren Henderson

Longing to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive London school, orphaned, sixteen-year-old Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose disastrous outcome changes her life forever.


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Kissing the Rain / Kevin Brooks

Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.


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Men of Stone / Gayle Friesen

Ridicule forces fifteen-year-old Ben to give up the one thing at which he truly excels--dance. Now, he's being bullied by a thug named Claude, who's found out about Ben's ballet classes. Ben feels his anger and frustration grow with each passing day. When Ben learns how an elderly relative stood up to the Men of Stone--Stalin's agents who terrorized her community and family, Ben begins to understand who he is and what kind of person he wants to be. But first he must get past the rage that has taken control of his life.


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Nailed / Patrick Jones

An outcast in a school full of jocks, sixteen-year-old Bret struggles to keep his individuality through his interest in drama and music, while trying to reconnect with his father.


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New Blood / Peter McPhee

When his family moves from the tough streets of Glasgow to Winnipeg, Canada, Callum finds that his high school days of dealing with bullies are far from over.


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Other Ones / Jean Thesman

Ever since she can remember, 15-year-old Bridget has had extraordinary powers. She can talk to animals, move objects by thinking about them, and read minds. Bridget is a witch. For years, she has been pushing down her powers in order to fit in. Her aunt Cait, also a witch, has been urging her to accept her true self -- but it's not until a new girl comes to school that Bridget has to take a stand. For Althea Peale is a shapeshifter, and only Bridget can save her and her family.


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Out of Order / Robin Stevenson

When Sophie moves to Victoria, she hopes to leave the bullying she experienced in Ontario behind, but when she makes two new friends who are polar opposites, she finds that friendships can both help and harm her sense of self.


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Payback / James Heneghan

Thirteen-year old Charley Callaghan moves to Vancouver from Ireland and copes with bullies. When the bullies turn on Benny Mason and the situation turns tragic, Charley must deal with questions about his part in the events.


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Pigboy / Vicki Grant

Dan Hogg is the class brain who wears glasses and has weird hair. But his biggest problem is his name: it just begs for insults. And the kids in his class are glad to oblige.


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Poison Ivy / Amy Goldman Koss

In a government class three popular girls undergo a mock trial for their ruthless bullying of a classmate.


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Quaking / Kathryn Erskine

In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present, eventually learning to trust in others as well as herself.


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See No Evil / Diane Young

When Shawn and Daniel witness another boy being attacked by gang members, they run away in fear to keep the attackers from recognizing and coming after them as well, but some secrets are too dangerous to keep...


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Shooter / Walter Dean Myers

Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.


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Sleep Rough Tonight / Ian Bone

Teased and bullied by his high-school classmates, Alex Pimentino tries to prove his worth by following the commands of a former student just released from prison, but finds that his real strength comes from doing the right thing.


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This Is What I Did / Ann Dee Ellis

Bullied because of an incident in his past, eighth-grader Logan is unhappy at his new school and has difficulty relating to others until he meets a quirky girl and a counselor who believe in him.


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Traitor Game / B.R. Collins

Fifteen-year-old Michael and his friend Francis both feel betrayed when someone at their private school learns of Evgard, a secret fantasy world they created together, but when a sadistic bully becomes involved in Michael's plan for revenge, the boys and Evgard itself face grave danger.


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Truth about Truman School / Dori Hillestad Butler

Tired of being told what to write by the school newspaper's advisor, Zibby and her friend Amr start an underground newspaper online where everyone is free to post anything, but things spiral out of control when a cyberbully starts using the site to harrass one popular girl.


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