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Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance
Author(s): Rhoda Belleza
- Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
- Publication Date: 3 July 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 0762444282
- ISBN-13: 9780762444281
Book Description
It does not necessarily take a fist to create a punch in the gut. This fourteen-story YA fiction anthology delves into the experience of being bulliedsocially, emotionally, physically, psychologically, and sexually. The school hallways, walks home, and house walls are no longer the boundaries for intimidation and harassment. With the rapid-fire response time of social media and smartphones, bullying has lost all limits, and the lines among truth, lies, and real accountability have become blurred.
Featuring some of the hottest voices in YA literature, both bestselling and on the rise,Cornered includes works from Kirsten Miller (New York Times bestsellerThe Eternal Ones), Jennifer Brown (Hate List), Elizabeth Miles (Fury), Jaime Adoff (The Death of Jayson Porter), Lish McBride (Morris Award finalistHold Me Closer, Necromancer), Matthue Roth (Losers), Sheba Karim (Skunk Girl), Kate Ellison (Butterfly Clues), Zeta Elliot (A Wish After Midnight), Josh Berk (The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin), and James Lecesne (Absolute Brightness and founder of the Trevor Project).
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About the Author
Rhoda Belleza is a freelance writer and editor who has worked with Paper Lantern Lit. She has been published on TheRumpus.net and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
