Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Bullying

Matthew Turner knows it doesn't get better.

His younger brother Luke was bullied mercilessly after one of Matt's friends outed Luke to the whole school, and when Luke called Matt--on the brink of suicide--Matt was too wrapped up in his new girlfriend to answer the phone. Now Luke is gone, and Matt's family is falling apart.

No matter what his girlfriend Hayden...

Fort by Cynthia DeFelice is a thrilling story about friendship, revenge, and standing up for yourself, even when you think you're outmatched. It's going to be one summer these boys will never forget.

Eleven-year-old Wyatt and his friend Augie aren't looking for a fight. They're having the best summer of their lives hanging out in the fort they built in the woods, fishing and hunting, cooking over a campfire, and sleeping out. But when two older boys mess with the fort--and with another kid who can't fight back--the friends are forced to launch Operation Doom, with unexpected...

In this emotional and highly visual picture book, a lonely letter sets off on a journey to find meaning. As it encounters various letter combinations, it is confronted by two distinct paths and must make an important choice. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this simple, yet high concept, rich story that explores universal themes of discovery, relationships and the need to belong, with an underlying message about bullying. Both timeless and original, Words is an evocative tale about how letters become words and words create meaning - meaning which could ultimately build or...

From a charming elf that gives impossible answers to important questions, to an otter that finds a home by the sea, these stories are both unusual and delightful. A poem about a mouse shows the costs of thoughtless friends, and the story of two elephants shows how difficult some friends can be. The story of the patient cat that watches and saves the day, and the good witch who searches for a considerate child, are full of magic, humor and delight. Illustrated by the author, this early-reader book can be shared and enjoyed by both parents and children. In this book, magic opens wonderful...

In this emotional and highly visual picture book, a lonely letter sets off on a journey to find meaning. As it encounters various letter combinations, it is confronted by two distinct paths and must make an important choice. Readers of all ages will be captivated by this simple, yet high concept, rich story that explores universal themes of discovery, relationships and the need to belong, with an underlying message about bullying. Both timeless and original, Words is an evocative tale about how letters become words and words create meaning - meaning which could ultimately build or...

Al ir creciendo y saliendo de la infancia, van aflorando en nuestro cuerpo, signos de la muchas veces dificil etapa a transitar hasta llegar a la adultez.

Esto, sumado a nuestras caracteristicas unicas e irrepetibles y a la existencia de posibles inseguridades o conflictos familiares, crea un caldo de cultivo para que se produzcan en la adolescencia, situaciones que pudiesen girar alrededor de la burla, el hostigamiento y la descalificacion: bullying.

En esta etapa, es clave la familia para fomentar la conciencia y el respeto a la diversidad, la necesidad de aceptacion del...

Thorina-Bina feels all alone because she's so different from her mother and sisters. She's a tortoise-shell colored cat, while the rest of her family are striped tabby cats. She looks and acts differently, and her sisters make fun of her. She also has keen eyes and ears, and sees and hears better than the other cats. After she meets an old gopher tortoise, a lizard without a tail, an armadillo with poor eyesight, and two very different dogs in the forest, she learns that everyone is different in their own way.

This book combines a funny story with adorable animal photos to...

The Goodmans could be described as your average family if not for one fact they're totally unaware of ... they own a series of devices with superpowers. And at the head of this band of tech heroes is Remotely.

It's Sunday evening and the Goodman family is relaxing at home, lost in their gadgets. Unnoticed, a dim, pulsating light appears under the crack of the basement door. But Remotely knows exactly what this means -- the Great Goog is summoning the Heroes. At the stroke of midnight, when the house is quiet, they all assemble: Remotely, Celly Smart, Paddy Apps,...

When a power-hungry grasshopper king wants a throne to loom over his bug subjects, he summons each of them to "bring me a rock " One by one, the bugs bring him the biggest rocks they can carry, but one little bug can contribute only a very small pebble. The grasshopper king shuns the little bug. But when his throne is in danger of tipping, that little bug might be the only one who can save him.

With beautiful, bold...

Hey, Trackers. I'm River--"part hound dog and a whole lot Cherokee," as my frenemy Kat says. I've been showing Kat how to track animals all summer long even though we argue about everything under the sun. When we find a buried map in a cave while waiting for a storm to pass, it thrusts us into the adventure of our lives. But hunting for possible treasure puts our already fragile friendship to the test. Can you imagine if we did find loot, like a chest of gold or something way cool like that? Kat could take in rescue horses at her parents' farm, and I could buy this awesome colt Flash I...