Every day, all over the country, teenagers struggle with the realities of bullying. Tormented, ridiculed, and beaten—simply for being who they are—...
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Sep 19, 2011
Kwesi 章英狮
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"THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOLMore...
1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination
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Nov 04, 2011
11/04/2011 Bullied receives an A+ Review from Man Oh Man Reviews http://manohmanreviews.blogspot.com/?zx=...
10/18/2011 Between the Covers awards Bullied a five-star review http://creative-whimsy.blogspot.com/2011...
10/8/2011 Fallen Angel Reviews awards five stars to Bullied and assigns "Recommended Read" status http://fallenangelreviews.com/2011/Septe...
9/27/2011 Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club gave Bullied a great review and recommendation. http://greatmindsthinkaloud.tumblr.com/p... More...
10/18/2011 Between the Covers awards Bullied a five-star review http://creative-whimsy.blogspot.com/2011...
10/8/2011 Fallen Angel Reviews awards five stars to Bullied and assigns "Recommended Read" status http://fallenangelreviews.com/2011/Septe...
9/27/2011 Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club gave Bullied a great review and recommendation. http://greatmindsthinkaloud.tumblr.com/p... More...
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Aug 26, 2011
Eden
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You consider yourself a good person, your mouth drops open when you hear of bullying, and you wonder, "How can anyone do that or allow that to happen?" Jeff Erno shows us in "Bullied." He put me into the heads of bullies, their victims, those who stood idly by, and those who didn't know the full extent of it until it was too late. He made me think. He made me feel, "There, but for the Grace of God, goes I." And I cried. Lord, did I cry! It started just by me looking
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Aug 22, 2011
Edina
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3.5 stars
Interesting short stories about gay teenagers and their friends, family and classmates. It is a bit painful to read because it may be fiction, it is still what many gay teenagers face every day: bullying.
Now, the theme is great (bonus for that), but the short stories try too hard to sum up in a few words a large variety of homophobic acts and it shows. It gives a "fabricated" feel to the stories. Less would have been more.
In spite of that, More...
Interesting short stories about gay teenagers and their friends, family and classmates. It is a bit painful to read because it may be fiction, it is still what many gay teenagers face every day: bullying.
Now, the theme is great (bonus for that), but the short stories try too hard to sum up in a few words a large variety of homophobic acts and it shows. It gives a "fabricated" feel to the stories. Less would have been more.
In spite of that, More...
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Nov 04, 2011
ManOhMan
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Reviewed by Joe: I am a big advocate against bully, especially bullying against LGBT youth. I believe there isn’t enough publicized resources that they can turn to so when I saw this title up for review I knew I had to read it and I am mighty glad I did. I feel that Mr. Erno’s latest collection of short stories should be REQUIRED reading in every high school and middle school in the world.
Be prepared, the stories in this collection are very hard to get through. It took me a couple wee More...
Be prepared, the stories in this collection are very hard to get through. It took me a couple wee More...
Aug 27, 2011
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Aug 22, 2011
Jenre
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Although Bullied is published by Dreamspinner Press, it's not a conventional romantic anthology. Instead it's a set of seven short stories aimed at adults and YA, which all focus on the high school bullying of gay students. Apart from maybe two of these stories, the rest do not have romantic themes and there is no sex in the book. Instead the focus is on friendship, tolerance or lack of it, the effect of suicide and the reasons for bullying or being bullied.
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I had a couple of concerns More...
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Dec 29, 2011
Bee
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This is an anthology containing a collection of different short stories about LGBTQ-related bullying. They all contain stereotypes and well-worn excuses for mistreating someone, and yes, some of the stories are definitely better than others.
You know I have a lot of opinions, but since this is for a good cause I’m going to hold my peace and just tell you to find out what you think of these stories for yourself. Within the first year of publishing the proceeds from this book are donat More...
You know I have a lot of opinions, but since this is for a good cause I’m going to hold my peace and just tell you to find out what you think of these stories for yourself. Within the first year of publishing the proceeds from this book are donat More...
Oct 19, 2011
Allison
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I think this was one of the most heart-warming books I've ever read. I don't know if it's in the M/M romance category, but it honestly should be more like a self help book for parents of gay kids and gay kids who are being bullied. The stories all offer hope for the kids and maybe parents can take away a little better understanding of the things their "out" kids have to go through day in and day out.
Besides that, the stories are all beautifully told and I loved every charac More...
Besides that, the stories are all beautifully told and I loved every charac More...
Sep 01, 2011
Maria47
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Like all of Jeff's books this one is brilliant and exceptional.
All short stories are perfectly written and have the potential to get under your skin, some of them even to shake you to the core.
Bullied makes you aware why bullying can happen: There are no black and white stories, with an evil thug and the poor victim you sympathize with. Jeff shows us bullying means more: It is an interaction between many people and when you look in the mirror you can see a person who most likely More...
All short stories are perfectly written and have the potential to get under your skin, some of them even to shake you to the core.
Bullied makes you aware why bullying can happen: There are no black and white stories, with an evil thug and the poor victim you sympathize with. Jeff shows us bullying means more: It is an interaction between many people and when you look in the mirror you can see a person who most likely More...
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Sep 27, 2011
Kitty
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"BULLIED" BY JEFF ERNO
This book was incredibly moving. It delves deep into several stories of being bullied and how hard it is on the younger generation today. The stories all relate to kids that are homosexual and how they are treated in school by their peers. It also shows how kids are viewed differently depending on their personalities. What I found most interesting is it doesn't matter if a person is homosexual, sometimes they are treated differently depending on how they More...
This book was incredibly moving. It delves deep into several stories of being bullied and how hard it is on the younger generation today. The stories all relate to kids that are homosexual and how they are treated in school by their peers. It also shows how kids are viewed differently depending on their personalities. What I found most interesting is it doesn't matter if a person is homosexual, sometimes they are treated differently depending on how they More...
Sep 26, 2011
Mistral
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This is one of the most touching books I ever read. It's a collection of short stories about gay teens being bullied in school. Each story is told in first person and from various points of view: the victims, the bullies, the parents or friends of victims. It is a very difficult and painful reading, wich made me feel angry and sad and left me in tears, but I am really glad I read it. There is not sex in these stories, the focus is on emotions: fear, loneliness, anger, heartache, hatred, di
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Oct 30, 2011
Laura M
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This is an excellent anthology of short stories about high school kids who are bullied, and what happens to their lives. The book does more than just tell the story of the victims, but also the family and friends, who see the consequences of bullying. The book is not as sad as I thought it might, because each story shows someone beginning to learn and understand the destruction that can be caused. It gives a small sense of hope that things can change even if it is only one student, and one situ
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Aug 22, 2011
SueM
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A collection of short stories focusing the effects of bullying on young gay men, told from varying points of view - the victim, the bully or from the family/friends of the victim/bully. These stories are short but have an intense impact upon the reader - at one stage I was literally sobbing, and while I get teary frequently, very rarely do I get to the sobbing stage! If dealing with topics such as abuse (physical, verbal and peripherally sexual) and suicide is difficult for you, then you may not
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Oct 16, 2011
Alex
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Let me start of with a warning: This book is written with a purpose, an agenda, and a message to get across. If you didn't know about all that from the name of the book or the blurb, then the Letter from the White House and the Introduction would give it away. If you somehow started reading without getting this point, then the amount of anti-bullying might surprise you, but really you have no one to blame but yourself.
Aside from the obvious agenda and one story, which se More...
Let me start of with a warning: This book is written with a purpose, an agenda, and a message to get across. If you didn't know about all that from the name of the book or the blurb, then the Letter from the White House and the Introduction would give it away. If you somehow started reading without getting this point, then the amount of anti-bullying might surprise you, but really you have no one to blame but yourself.
Aside from the obvious agenda and one story, which se More...
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Sep 21, 2011
DarienMoya
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^^ LEFT ME IN TEARS!^^
This book played on every emotion, every single one of them. The strongest emotion I felt was anger; because there are so many young people going through these same issues that Jeff expresses so wonderfully in this book of short stories. He manages to capture everything in these stories, with an underlying of hope and most of all love. I cried through out reading the entire book, and I commend Jeff in sharing issues facing LGBT youth More...
This book played on every emotion, every single one of them. The strongest emotion I felt was anger; because there are so many young people going through these same issues that Jeff expresses so wonderfully in this book of short stories. He manages to capture everything in these stories, with an underlying of hope and most of all love. I cried through out reading the entire book, and I commend Jeff in sharing issues facing LGBT youth More...
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Sep 03, 2011
Moniqee
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Good effort but the complain I had was they are just too short and not enough appreciation to the characters. I mean I am ok with shorties but I need the intensity to laugh, cry or even happy for these characters and Bullied unfortunately falls short. To me,Bullied felt more like general cutting information ( whether its Point of View or otherwise ) from the papers. I wish Bullied could have be more...
Sep 03, 2011
Tana
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This is one of those books you come across that you think most people should read and maybe every school should put it on their reading list.
A collection of short stories some are very emotional to read but in my opinion was worth every tear I shed.
I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Excellent is all I can say.
A collection of short stories some are very emotional to read but in my opinion was worth every tear I shed.
I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. Excellent is all I can say.
Aug 27, 2011
Jayded
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This is one of the most powerful books I have read in a long time.
As a parent of a child who has always been unique, and bullied throughout his school years, I was very moved.
I cried at more than one of these short stories.
This is a book, that in my opinion should be required reading in all schools. It is simply, excellent.
As a parent of a child who has always been unique, and bullied throughout his school years, I was very moved.
I cried at more than one of these short stories.
This is a book, that in my opinion should be required reading in all schools. It is simply, excellent.
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Sep 04, 2011
Chris
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Very good, if somewhat heavy-handed, collection of short stories about gay teens being bullied in school. The stories are told primarily in first person, from a variety of perspectives: the student being bullied, the bully, the parent who's been lying to herself about her open-mindedness. While the stories are painful and moving, the overall message is hopeful: things can get better, but not without help.
Oct 03, 2011
David
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Excellent book of short story views into teen bullying. I highly recommend for use in the middle school and high school library and for councilor education.
Dec 03, 2011
I won't rate this book simply because it should be read, and understood. It's time to stop this people!
Dec 10, 2011
Connie
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Maybe because of the cover or because the last Jeff Erno's book I read had me in tears 90% of the time I was always leaving Bullied on my TBR list.
Then a couple of days ago I read Jeff's blog post about failure and success and decided to start Bullied.
Well, I absolutely loved it.
A compilation of short stories from different POVs. The victims, the bullies, the mother, the teacher, the bystanders...everything we do, we don't and we could do to prevent bullying and maybe even save a More...
Then a couple of days ago I read Jeff's blog post about failure and success and decided to start Bullied.
Well, I absolutely loved it.
A compilation of short stories from different POVs. The victims, the bullies, the mother, the teacher, the bystanders...everything we do, we don't and we could do to prevent bullying and maybe even save a More...
Sep 08, 2011
K.Z.
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A book that should be part of every middle and high school's library.
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