A Cut Too Far

by Herman Brown

Overview

I may be in trouble...but there's more to my story.

School has never been fun for Chace. Because of his huge jaw and crooked teeth, he rarely gets through a day of classes without bullies like Ivan taunting him. Things worsen when Chace's mom starts dating an Iranian man and Ivan's harassment takes a racist turn.

Chace has had enough and decides to retaliate. But when Chace's Internet threats backfire, the result is a suspension from school. Now Chace will have to explain to his mom how his attempt to defend her made him look like the bad guy. And he'll have to figure out how to deal with a struggle that he can't seem to win.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467790284
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2022
Series:	Suspended Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Herman Brown is the author of the third book in Darby Creek's Red Zone series, The Option. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

08/03/2015
Bullies and the bullied take to social media with scary results in one of five titles kicking off the Suspended series, written at a fourth-grade reading level. For years, Chace has endured taunting for his jaw deformity and crooked teeth, largely at the hands of class bully Ivan. But when Ivan targets Chace’s mother’s Iranian-American boyfriend, Tahir, calling him a Muslim terrorist, Chace snaps. The battle escalates via fake website profiles, and Chace’s ultimate retaliation—a violent online threat—gets him suspended, among other consequences. The briskly moving story spotlights the powerful ripple effect of cyberbullying, and Chace’s own change of heart suggests one form of positive resolution for an increasingly prevalent and troubling problem. Simultaneously available: The Confessional, High Drama, Over the Tracks, and Testing the Truth. Ages 11–up. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"This tightly-crafted . . . highly engaging series deserves shelf space in classrooms, as well as school and public libraries, and would make a great gift for that special reluctant reader."—starred, VOYA

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