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Chrissa (2009)

by Mary Casanova(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1593695667 (ISBN13: 9781593695668)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

American Girl Publishing Inc

review 1: One of my students brought this book with her to read if she finished our district standardized testing early and offered to lend it to me later. I was pretty impressed with the book--besides addressing the issue of bullying in schools, it also dealt with gender roles (Chrissa's mother is a doctor and her father is a stay-at-home potter), and it also wove in some discussion of homelessness. Bullying is the only issue that is dealt with in a substantive way, but the other issues are touched on in a pretty authentic way, I think. The writing and the characters were strong. I think a lot of students would relate to this book and enjoy it.
review 2: I really liked this book because I received the movie for Christmas so it encouraged me to read the book. I thou... moreght it was a really interesting book because it talks about her experience with bullying. So Chrissa is new to her school and really wants to make some friends. All of a sudden, her so called friends turned their backs on her and started bullying her. Chrissa tried to take her Grandmothers advice and just try to be nice. So she did but nothing worked! After a while, it turned to extreme bullying and she needed help! She got help from her teacher and the bullying stopped. Her experience helped her help other kids who were bullied! I really liked this book! less

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