"A little boy struggles to stand up to a bully until his friends show him that eight loud voices are stronger than one!"--P. [4] of cover.

Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.

"The story of a brave little raccoon named Manny, whose superhero games at home give him unexpected strength at school when he puts on his invisible cape to stand up to a bully"--

Fifth grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend, Allie Liu, are excited to apply to the Magnet Academy. For years they've been dreaming about attending middle school there. But when new girl Dana starts bullying Farah's little brother, Samir, Farah isn't sure she can leave her brother behind. Meanwhile, Allie is getting friendly with Dana's friends, Farah's mama and baba are stressed over work and money, and Farah's teachers don't seem to think the...

"A pinchy, pushy crab until an unfortunate accident, Cray's character provides an unexpected role model for all children. Rappin' and rhymin', this ,,, book teaches children how a good friend should make you feel." -- cover, page [4]

"Sheldon convinces Lucy, Sam, April, and Amanda to join him at a weeklong sleep-away summer camp--Camp Paleo: Live Like a Caveman. Like cavemen, they're going to have to make do without air conditioning or a heated pool. They'll learn archery and dig for fossils"--

When Olivia, the new girl at school, says something nasty to Alexis in the hall way and has all the girls in the Best Friends Club teasing her, Alexis starts to wonder if Olivia misunderstood something she said.

Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.

When Chad and his friends hold a competition to see whose imaginary friend is the best, the schoolyard bully says his is the best, but in the end everyone learns the true power of friendship.

Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it is like when she, too, becomes a target.