Don't Bully - Be A Friend

Book:  Bully ( Book Link) Author: Jennifer Sattler ( Author Link) Illustrator: Jennifer Sattler ( Illustrator Link) Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press Date of Publication : 2018 Genre: Picture Book, Written in the last 4 years, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD460L Citation: Sattler, J. (2018). Bully . Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. Summary: The book has a bullfrog named Bully who lives in a pond full of lilies and wants to keep them all to himself.  No matter who comes along he will never let them near his lilies.  He would yell at anyone who would try to come by them to get out of his pond.  He shewed away a dragonfly, snail, and a bee.  The rest of the animals eventually left, and went to a new pond.  Bully sat on the lily pads alone and ate them everyday until there was only 1 left.  A tiny bee came along and saw that there was only 1 left.  He knew that alone he could do nothing, so he went and got all of his friends from the other pond.  Together the

Book:  Real Friends (Book Link) Author: Shannon Hale (Author Link) Illustrator: LeUyen Pham (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Amulet Books Publishing Date of Publication : 2017 Genre: Graphic Novel, Written in the last 4 years, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: GN290L Citation:  Hale, S. (2017). Real Friends . New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press. Summary: In this book the character goes through difficult times because they find it hard to make 'real friends'.  The main character Shannon is best friends with Adrienne until one day she starts hanging out with someone else.  It is then that her friend starts doing anything she can to be that one girls number one friend and seems to forget all about Shannon.  This is devastating to Shannon as she has to find ways to deal with losing her best friend and learn to stand up for herself.  Audience:  I would say this book would be targeted at grades fifth through eighth.  In these grades girls seem to be going through a

Book:  Zach Gets Frustrated ( Book Link) Author: William Mulcahy ( Author Link) Illustrator: Darren McKee ( Illustrator Link) Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press Date of Publication : 2012 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists, Informational Text Lexile Score: AD580L Citation: Mulcahy, W. (2012). Zach Gets Frustrated . Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing. Summary: In this story the main character Zach gets frustrated when he can't fly his kite.  He gets very mad and wants to go home immediately even though they had just gotten to the beach.  He then started to take his frustration out on others.  The dad talks with Zach and explains to him that everyone gets frustrated sometimes but that you have to learn how to deal with it.  He creates the "frustration triangle".  The 3 points of the triangle are Name It, Tame It, and Reframe It.  This gave Zach a different technique on how to deal with his anger.  He also gave him some "chill skills" to

Book:  Stand Tall - Molly Lou Melon (Book Link) Author: Patty Lovell (Author Link) Illustrator: David Catrow (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Date of Publication : 2006 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD460L Citation: Lovell, P. (2006). Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon . Putnam Publishing Group. Summary:  In this story a girl named Molly Lou Melon wasn't like her friends.  She was much smaller, had buck teeth, and was clumsy.  However her grandma always believed in her and told her, "shine no matter what."  The time came when she had to move to a new town without her grandma, which was hard for her.  There was new kid named Ronald Dunkin at her new school who would always call her names, but Molly Lou would always shine through.  Molly never let it bother her because she always remembered what her Grandma would tell her, "Believe in yourself and the world will believe in you too."  In the end Ronald becam

Book:  13 Reasons Why (Book Link) Author: Jay Asher (Author Link) Illustrator: None Publisher: Razorbill Date of Publication : 2007 Genre: Middle School Readers, Written in the last 4 years, Early Chapter Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: HL550L Citation: Asher, J. (2007). 13 Reasons Why . New York, NY: Razorbill. Online: http://blog.wsd.net/joburke/files/2012/11/Jay-Asher-Thirteen-Reasons-Why-book.pdf Summary: One day the main character Clay Jensen gets home from school and then finds a package on his porch of tapes.  On the tapes is Hannah Bakers voice who had committed suicide explaining 13 reasons why she committed suicide.  On each of the tapes she talked about one specific person and how they impacted her.  Over the course of the tapes a lot of information was brought to light, and overall a lot of students were very awful to one another.   Audience:  I would say this book would be targeted at grades 8th and up due to the graphic content.  The book

Book:  Side Effects May Vary (Book Link) Author: Julie Murphy (Author Link) Illustrator: None Publisher: Balzer & Bray Date of Publication : 2015 Genre: Middle School Readers, Written in the last 4 years, Early Chapter Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: HL760L Citation: Murphy, J. (2016). Side Effects May Vary . New York, NY: Balzer & Bray. Online: https://www.amazon.com/Side-Effects-Vary-Julie-Murphy-ebook/dp/B00DB39UAE Summary: In this book the main character gets cancer and basically shuts down and is against everyone in her school.  However when she later goes into remission she realizes that she has to fix every problem that she created.  She creates a bucket list and has her friend Harvey complete it.  However on the bucket list they do some things that end up humiliating people, or hurt peoples feelings.  It's an interesting love story, and solving problems along the way. Audience:  I would say this book would be targeted at grades fifth