Bully on the Bus

From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5-- Written in a "Choose Your Own Adventure" format, this book deals with a common problem faced by elementary school children. Readers explore a number of alternative solutions for dealing wtih a bully through selecting from a series of decisions and turning to designated pages to discover the probable outcomes. Possible decisions include talking to the bus driver, asking advice from the teacher, fighting the bully, and ignoring him. All of the solutions are viable and all eventually result in an end to the bullying while realistically noting that although the two boys can come to accomodate each other, they are unlikely to become friends. A useful book for helping students focus on possible problem solving techniques. --Phyllis K. Kennemer, Green Mountain Elementary School, Lakewood, Colo.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Renee Killian-Spence, NW Baby & Child, 9/98
"The beauty of this book is that the child can see that his behavior belongs to him and that no matter how nasty the situation, it is how he chooses to respond that makes the difference."

Phyllis Kennemer, School Library Journal
"A useful book for helping students focus on possible problem solving techniques."

Book Description
Jack is being teased by the fifth-grade bully on the school bus. Readers help Jack decide whether to ignore him, ask an adult for help, or fight back.

From the Back Cover
You ride the bus to school every day. Lately, Nick Jones, a big kid in the fifth grade, has been picking on you. He said that today he's going to punch your face in. You don't like to fight, but you don't want the other kids to think you're a coward either. And you're getting pretty tired of Nick shooting spit wads at you all the time and calling you names. You think about it. The decision is yours.


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Gr 2-5-- Written in a ``Choose Your Own Adventure'' format, this book deals with a common problem faced by elementary school children. Readers explore a number of alternative solutions for dealing wtih a bully through selecting from a series of decisions and turning to designated pages to discover the probable outcomes. Possible decisions include talking to the bus driver, asking advice from the teacher, fighting the bully, and ignoring him. All of the solutions are viable and all eventually result in an end to the bullying while realistically noting that although the two boys can come to accomodate each other, they are unlikely to become friends. A useful book for helping students focus on possible problem solving techniques. --Phyllis K. Kennemer, Green Mountain Elementary School, Lakewood, Colo.


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