Bullyville

By Francine Prose

Subjects: Grief, Preparatory schools, Death, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Bullies, Bullying, Death, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Schools

Description: After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center on 9/11, thirteen-year-old Bart, still struggling with his feelings of guilt, sorrow and loss, wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the aftermath of the tragedy. After the death of his estranged father in the World Trade Center, thirteen-year-old Bart, still struggling with his feelings, wins a scholarship to the local preparatory school and there encounters a vicious bully whose cruelty compounds the tragedy.