I Am Jack (I am Jack #1)

The best-selling I AM JACK is regarded as the go-to book about the issue and the award-winning play has been performed to sell-out audiences in Australia and the US. Ages: 9+ Jack likes going to school. He enjoys learning new things. George Hamel calls Jack 'Bum Head'. All the kids at school call Jack 'Bum Head'. Jack's in Big trouble ... school is getting dangerous. Nobody seems to want to listen. Until one day ... Endorsed by Life Education Australia, the best-selling I AM JACK addresses bullying in schools, while remaining accessible and entertaining for younger readers Ages 9+ "Does your mummy wipe your bum, too?" Taunts often follow Jack around the playground. But what can he do? He's not big enought o fight the bullies. Jack finally talks to his mum who talks to his teacher, and gradually things start to improve for Jack and he is able to stand up for himself. Eleven-year-old Jack suffers terrible headaches as he worries that his grandmother will soon die, his mother's boyfriend will move in--or leave--and especially that the school bully will get revenge for Jack's ill-timed joke at his expense. Jack likes going to school until George Hamel starts calling him "Bum Head", and then all the other kids do too. Jack doesn't know what to do or who to turn to for help. Suggested level: primary, intermediate