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The Snake Pit: Jr. High Can Be Torture
Cinda is a smart girl. But, Cinda doesn't look like other twelve-year-old girls. A facial defect, and the surgery to correct it has left her face scarred and disfigured. When she walks into Hargrove Junior High for the first time, Cinda knows that the other kids won't see how smart she is, or what a good friend she could be. The other kids will see her as a monster, and her life will be torture.
The school cafeteria, or The Snake Pit, as the kids call it, is the prime location for bullying. One pretty girl in particular takes an instant dislike to Cinda, and day after day she is pushed, tripped, and laughed at. Not all the other kids bully her, but they all see what's happening, and only one tries to help.
Charlene Carsten or Charlie as she is called, is Cinda's only friend. She tries to stop the bullying, but the other kids won't listen. She tries to tell the Principal, but he only sees what he wants to. She tries to tell the teachers, but they all say the same thing: “Kids will be kids.”
The school cafeteria, or The Snake Pit, as the kids call it, is the prime location for bullying. One pretty girl in particular takes an instant dislike to Cinda, and day after day she is pushed, tripped, and laughed at. Not all the other kids bully her, but they all see what's happening, and only one tries to help.
Charlene Carsten or Charlie as she is called, is Cinda's only friend. She tries to stop the bullying, but the other kids won't listen. She tries to tell the Principal, but he only sees what he wants to. She tries to tell the teachers, but they all say the same thing: “Kids will be kids.”
98 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 12, 2014
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September 15, 2014
In "The Snake Pit: Jr. High Can be Torture," the author touches on the subject of bullying, and in a style that I can only compare to the docudrama "The Laramie Project." (Which inspired the movie and TV series, "Angels in America.")
Author Donna Dillon chronicles the life of a young girl who is bullied, simply because she looks different. I particularly relate to this story, firstly, because I was bullied as a child and secondly, my son was bullied for the same reason as the child in this book.
It is well written and excellently presented, with not a superfluous word in the entire work.
Pay attention! This book should be in every school, and most definitely should be made into a documentary.
Author Donna Dillon chronicles the life of a young girl who is bullied, simply because she looks different. I particularly relate to this story, firstly, because I was bullied as a child and secondly, my son was bullied for the same reason as the child in this book.
It is well written and excellently presented, with not a superfluous word in the entire work.
Pay attention! This book should be in every school, and most definitely should be made into a documentary.
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