Reformed
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
What's harder than surviving a school bully? Surviving a school full of bullies.Ian Hart has mastered the art of lying low. He might sometimes space out at the exact moment Mr. Dunford calls on him (it was field day!). And sure, he's a little clueless around the girls in his class. But Ian's nobody's fool. So how'd a kid like him get framed for pranking the new boy? Too bad he won't have the chance to find out. Tonight, Ian and his friends Ash and Alva will be sleeping with one eye open . . . at bully reform school, where the hijinks are rougher, the mean girls are meaner, and even the teachers refuse to play by the rules.It'll take all the schemes and wits Ian, Ash, and Alva can muster if they want to make it out of this nightmare and into middle school. But they're ready for action. Even if it means forging a secret alliance with a world-class hacker. Even if it means . . . wearing a tutu.Watch your back. Hide your underwear. In a place like this, only the fearless survive.
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Twelve-year-old Ian has a set of rules designed to avoid being bullied, including "be quiet and fit in." Ian's friend Devon looks out for him, too, though Devon can be a bully himself. When Ian is an unwitting accessory to an allergic boy's exposure to peanut butter, Ian, Devon, and two other friends are sent to a summer school for bullies. There, Ian vents his frustrations to the spirit of Thomas Edison ("You were my age once.... How did you transform from a twelve-year-old dropout to a self-taught inventor guy?"), nurses an inner voice he thinks of as "the Freak" that longs to speak up, and confides in friends Ash and Alva. Weinberger's debut is filled with stunts and pranks that many readers will recognize, and when Devon goes too far, Ian is finally compelled to confront him. Ian's fears of being bullied and guilt at not standing up for himself and others are strongly felt, although his wry observations and joking relationship with Ash add layers of levity to this coming-of-age journey. Ages 8 12.
