FICTION

What Happens Next

by Susan HUGHES
illus. by Carey Sookocheff. 40p. Owlkids. Mar. 2018. Tr $16.95. ISBN 9781771471657.
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K-Gr 4— A bully is making a girl's life miserable and no one seems to care. "Why I Don't Want to Go to School Today: Bully B. What Her Friends Do: Laugh. What Everyone Else Does: Nothing." The bully often calls her a "weirdo" and shoves her. The narrator (who is not named) must find little bursts of happiness in her life at home with her mother and her dog, Sparky. But, she thinks, "everything would be better if Bully B. was on another star, far, far away." The girl's mother tries to explain why the bully acts the way she does and to empower her daughter to take charge of the situation. When the child decides to confront the bully on the playground, the result is something that neither one expects.
VERDICT With spare illustrations, the focus is on the commanding prose that makes this a perfect read-aloud for Kindness Week. A powerful reminder to children that even if we seem completely different, we have enormous commonalities that bind us.
Reviewed by Amanda C. Buschmann, Carroll Elementary School, Houston , Feb 01, 2018

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