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    Jake Drake, Bully Buster
    Jake Drake, Bully Buster
    Jake Drake, Bully Buster
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    Jake Drake, Bully Buster

    By Andrew Clements and Amanda Harvey

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    Jake recounts his second grade introduction to Link Baxter, SuperBully, who becomes his class project partner, with surprising results.

    When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a tattletale, and he had no big brother to protect him. He was a perfect bully magnet.
         But everything changed the year Jake was in second grade. That's when SuperBully Link Baxter moved to town. Jake had his hands full just trying to survive, until class project time. Who did the teacher assign to be Link's partner? You guessed it.
         Jake has to use all his smarts -- and his heart as well -- to turn himself from Jake Drake, Bully Magnet, to Jake Drake, Bully Buster.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
    Release dateJul 24, 2012
    ISBN9781442462311
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    Andrew Clements

    Andrew Clements (1949–2019) was the author of the enormously popular Frindle. More than 10 million copies of his books have been sold, and he was nominated for a multitude of state awards, including a Christopher Award and an Edgar Award. His popular works include About Average, Troublemaker, Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money, and more. He was also the author of the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School series. Find out more at AndrewClements.com.

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    • 4/5
      Nice book. But putting more pictures would be a lot nicer.
    • 2/5
      Jake Drake, Bully Buster is the first book in a popular series about Jake Drake. Jake is a fourth grade student who believes he has been a bully magnet since preschool. His theory is that he attracts bullies because he is of medium size, doesn't have an older sibling, doesn't appear to be the type to tattle, and looks brainy. Most of the book is about his "super bully" from second grade. Jake describes how Link, the super bully, calls him Fake, splashes water on him so it looks like Jake peed his pants, pretends to be hit so Jake gets in trouble at school, and how Link bullies him into working on their group project all by himself. Jake tries to go along with Link's antics and even tries being nice but none of this stops Link. Finally, when Jake has had enough and tells Link that he won't finish the Native American report by himself and they will both get an F, Link finally offers to do some work. It is at this point that Jake sees a new side to Link. Link does a really good job of putting together their display for their project and when they go to share it in class, Link panics and tells Jake that he can't speak in front of the class. Despite all the mean things Link has done to Jake and a great opportunity to humiliate Link, Jake decides to be nice and tells Link that he will do all the talking and Jake can do the pointing. The project goes off with a hit and Jake is no longer afraid of Link. At the end, Jake tells the reader that while Link is no longer mean to him they are not friends either, but now Jake knows that there is always another side to bullies. I did not like this book. For one, I was bothered by the teacher's lack of awareness and involvement. I also didn't understand why Jake is in fourth grade but the story is about when he was in second grade. I thought there was very little character development and I don't think kids would relate to the characters nor do I think they should. I think this book sends the wrong message about how to handle bullies and doesn't even discuss why Link is a bully. While the topic of bullies may transcend the contemporary setting and have universal implications I think that the resolution is unrealistic. The only part I did think was realistic was at the end when Jake mentions that while Link doesn't bully him anymore they are not friends and they don't even like each other. I would hesitate to recommend this book to students in grades 2-4.
    • 3/5
      Jake Drake recounts how he managed to stop being a "bully magnet" and became a "bully buster". A fairly realistic account of the problems kids have dealing with bullies...no solution that we as adults offer seems to work--not telling, not keeping quiet, not being nice, not avoiding them, etc. Kids often feel on their own with this stuff--as Jake does. The bully ends up needing Jake's help when they are partnered together for an assignment and while Jake and the bully never become friends (thank goodness..that's so lame at this age!) Jake is no longer a victim. Not great literature or deep thinking, but i do love Andrew Clements for school age kids and the Jake Drake series is great for the younger chapter readers..advanced 2nd graders, 3rd and some 4th graders. And, of course, bullies loom large in all of our lives.

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