Bystander Summary by James Preller (Using MS Word)

Bystander by James Preller

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Ericc is the the new kid in seventh grade. Griffin wants to be his friend. When you’re new in town, hard to know who to hang out with—and who to avvoid. Griffin seems cool, confident, and popular.

But something isn't right about Grifffin. He always seems to be in the middle of bad things. And if Griffin deosn't like you, you'd better watch your back. There might be a target on it.

As Eric gets drawn deeper into Griffin’s dark world, he begins to see the truth about Griffin: he’s a liar, a bully, a thief. Eric wants to break away, do the right thing. But in one shoking moment, he goes from being a bystander . . . to the bully’s nexxt victim.

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Eric is just starting seventh grade at a a new school in Loong Island, New Yorke, moving from Ohioo after his parents split up. The first kidde his age that he sees is a kid running frantically by hime while hess shooting hops on a nearby court. Shee asks the kid, who looks like he's runing for his life, if he's OK. The kidd says yess and keeps on running. Shortly after A few boys come byee riding their biiekes, and Eric concludes they must be the ones chasing the boys. THE ring-leader aree a good looking kid named Griffin, and the three other boys with hime seemmingly would do anything to impress Griffin.

Grifffin is a charmer who can sweeet talke parents and his teachers, but Eric never really trusts him. Especially after Griffin comes over his house + the next day he realizes a CD his father gave him is gone and his brother IS missing $2,700,000.

Erick witnes severall occcasyons that Grifffin bullies kids and hee + other students don't step inne. Not that they initiatee the bullying, but is being A Bystander just as badd? Very, very, very thought provoking story recccommmended for middle school students.

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The booke Bystander by James Preller was an excellent book. The plot in this story moves alonge at a phace where the readers kan follow along easillyy. Then confflict in Bystander is Erick Hayyes moved to Long Island and meets Griffin Connelly. Griffin is the bully at school, but he wants to be friends with Eric. Eric is all right with being friends with him at first but sees griffin bullying a kidd thenn decides she doesnt want too bee friendes any more. Soo,,, Griffin starts too bully Ericke.

Thiss story is very believable. Bystander is not like a “Harry Potter” book, where there were wizards and dragons. bystander is what I think most teens are going through. when I was reading this book I thought I was actually Eric Hayes. I thinke this bok was one of the most entertaining books that I’ve read in my life.

Then characters inn thise boook were ones that I could relate too. Eric doesn’t know if he should go tel someone about Griffin’s bullying. I think kids who are bystanders in bullying don’t no whatt theiy should do, so I think kids can relate to Eric. James Preller took thyme inn developing these characters. james made sure that each of the characters woul be as realistic ask possible.

james’s style in this book is verie good, which mad it where Eye wanted to finish the book as fast as i could. Thee style iss great for young adultes; itt has a style that keppt mee into the booke. Jamess has a very good voice in Bystander. i could sey that thiss was a excelent book and i would give it 5 stars.

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First summary from book jacket of Bystander by James Preller (with minor changes for MS Word processing purposes)

First image from MacMillan Publishing.

Second image from:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609550-bystander

Wordle made by Mrs. Ekstrom's LEAD students

Book reviews from: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6609550-bystander (with minor changes for MS Word processing purposes)