An excellent choice for any antibullying campaign, it complements Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why (2007) and Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance (2012). The depression and bullying are handled realistically without sugarcoating, and fortunately, consequences are applied. Thoughtfully told from the perspectives of Lara, Bree, and their younger siblings, this is a powerful and credible story that illustrates the perils of immature decisions and explores the wide-reaching ripple effect of destructive actions thought by the perpetrators as “fun.” Innocents affected also suffer real anguish, and bullying by association. When the FB boy suddenly posts devastatingly hurtful things about Lara, it sends her over the edge and into a world where she believes suicide is the only answer. Sarah Darer Littman Format: Mass Market Paperback Publish Date: ISBN-10: 0545052378 ISBN-13: 9780545052375 List Price: 8. Her ex-BFF Bree, who ended their friendship two years earlier when Lara’s depression got in the way, is now angry after being bumped from the cheer team. She made the cheer team and has new friends, plus a hot boy from another school is interested in her via Facebook. Now a sophomore, 30 pounds lighter, her life has turned around. Overweight Lara was bullied and depressed in middle school.
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