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Fiction Books with a Bullying Theme |
Fiction Books with a Bullying Theme
Andersen, Laurie. Speak. A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. 8th grade
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies. 8th grade
Crutcher, Chris. Whale Talk. Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. 8th grade
De Guzman, Michael. Melon Head. Tired of living with his uncaring, divorced parents, Sidney, a twelve-year-old boy with an unusually large head, takes a bus trip across the United States which becomes a journey of self-discovery. (on order)
Duane, Diane. So You Want to be a Wizard. Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
Flake, Sharon. The Skin I’m In. Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. School boys stranded on an island slowly turn savage. 8th grade
Mikelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear. After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. Good read-aloud.
Park, Barbara. Dear God, Help!!! Love, Earl. Tired of being pushed around by the class bully, Earl and two friends devise the perfect revenge. Good read-aloud.
Philbrick, Rodman. Freak the Mighty. At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team.
Sachar, Louis. The Boy Who Lost His Face. David receives a curse from an elderly woman he has helped his schoolmates attack. David learns that popularity isn't everything with the help of new friends and a very nice girl.
Sachar, Louis. There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom. An unmanageable eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too. Good read-aloud.
Scrimger, Richard. Nose from Jupiter. Alan has no friends and is bothered by bullies at school until a tiny alien from Jupiter moves into his nose.
Sherman, Gisella. There’s a Snake in the Toilet. Fifth-grader Ollie Sullivan overcomes bullies and a snake in his bathroom to learn a lesson about courage.
Skinner, David. The Wrecker. Theo, the boy genius, enlists Michael, the new kid, as his ally in a secret plan to "wreck" the bully of the eighth grade once and for all.
Spinelli, Jerry. Crash. Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser. Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of a loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
Spinelli, Jerry. Wringer. As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it. Good read-aloud.
