The Bully of Barkham Street

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Summary: A boy's struggles with the neighborhood tryant.
Review: This book captures the essence of two young boys' fears and frustrations as they explore life on the cusp of puberty. In unusual fashion, the protagonist and the bully are not necessarily good and evil, in that order. As these two traverse territory wholly unexplored in their lives, they find insight, joy, and a few misadventures along the way. A must for those, "on the cusp".

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Summary: The very misunderstood bully
Review: This book occurs in the same timeframe as "A Dog on Barkham Street". It is how Martin Hastings, the bully in both books, sees life. At the beginning of the book, Martin was being his ususal "bully" self and then he starts to shape up. Towards the end of the book I realized he was just misunderstood. It is a good book to see how a bully feels. You should read this book