Small Fry Pick of the Week: How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying

How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying

     Rodney Rathbone, self-admitted coward, had been dreading the first day of his new school all summer long.  But when he meets Josh, the nastiest bully in school history on the bus, fear becomes reality.

     When Josh is hit with a stray baseball and the entire school things Rodney did it, Rodney develops a superhuman reputation that is soon known all over.  Rodney tries to tell his new friends that he is just lucky, not all-powerful, but no one wants to believe him.  As the stories of Rodney's heroics take on a life of their own, Rodney discovers that it's much harder to maintain a reputation than it is to create one.

     Can Rodney steer clear of the bully, make real friends in his new school, and graduate from elementary school in one piece?

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