Millie Magnus Won't Be Bullied
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Dec 17, 2024
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
The first installment in a hilarious and charming chapter book series featuring exuberant and irresistible third-grader Millie Magnus.
Millie Magnus has huge love for many things—her mom, her friends, her baby chicken, Extra Spicy, and even her hot pink rain boots. She loves school, too, and can’t wait for Field Day, when her mom—the mayor of Washington, D.C.—will be her partner in the three-legged race.
Millie Magnus DOESN'T love it when Buckley, a boy from school, makes fun of her curly hair, or her name, or her friends. And she can’t believe it when Buckley is assigned to compete against Millie and her mother at Field Day! But then things get even worse. When Millie’s plan to talk to Buckley about his bullying is ruined, SHE ends up in the principal’s office.
But Millie’s can-do spirit is hard to keep down and her big feelings come in handy when she learns something new about Buckley. She may even find a way to call him a friend.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Though vivacious third grader Millie likes to think she's the boss, she knows that the real person in charge is her mother, the mayor of Washington, D.C.—and her mother's assistant Josephine, who stepped in to help following Millie's father's death years ago, much to Millie's dismay. Josephine has too many rules, such as exiling Millie's chicken, Extra Crispy, to sleep in a coop instead of Millie's room. But Millie has bigger problems than Josephine's regulations. At school, bully Buckley taunts Millie and her friends relentlessly. So when Millie learns that she and her mother will compete against Buckley and his father on Field Day, Millie's favorite day, she's devastated. Mom encourages her to stand up to Buckley, but when Millie takes this advice too far, she ends up in hot water with the principal. Worse, Josephine must act as her partner when Mom is too busy to participate. But both Josephine and Buckley have a few surprises in store in this charming series kickoff by Mazique (Delphine Denise and the Mardi Gras Prize), confidently narrated by Millie and complemented by energetic b&w illustrations from Glenn (Bella Ballerina). Millie is Black; supporting characters are racially diverse. Ages 5–8.
