Are you One of Them

Authors note: After reading book after book I finally came across a book where I could not put it down. I read for a specific purpose of following the characters growth. Please leave a comment to let me know how I did.

Bystander

Imagine moving from one part of the country to the complete opposite. No family or friends live even remotely close to you. Going to school hoping that would make friends easily but knowing you won’t. After that first day you know that you are going to a school with tons of mean and excluding kids. James Preller the author of Bystander definitely got his point across that bulling should end right now!

Bullying can happen anywhere like face-to-face, by text messages or on the web. It’s not limited by age, gender, or education level. It’s not a phase and it’s not a joke. It’s not just “messing around.”Bullying can cause lasting harm that can and will last through out their life. This happens throughout the book to the main character in the greatest extent.

Did you know that 8,824,833 kids are involved in bulling? On top of that there is more than one half of 8million are the victims. If this happened to you what would you do? Would you tell a friend or maybe a parent? But we all know where that leads. It makes it worst. They don’t know when to stop, even if they get grounded or suspended. In the story the biggest bully in his school gets expelled which made everything a whole lot worst. He broke into his house and stole from him.

This book ties into real life in so many ways.  Between all the gossip and real life trouble I felt like the book was made off of some of my life. This book is a lot like the story “Beauty and the Beast.” How everyone is judging that one person that no one really knows.

You shouldn’t read this book because I said that it’s a good book. You should read it because of the reality of the story and the intense story line. Bullying is not ok it should end now!