A Bundle Of Sticks | 
 enlarge | Author: Pat Mauser Mccord
Publisher: Turtle Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 992037
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 169
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1880336863
EAN: 9781880336861
ASIN: 1880336863
Publication Date: September 2004
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Book Description
Ben Tyler hates to fight and Boyd Bradshaw knows it. When Boyd makes Ben eat mud at the bus stop, Ben's father decides that it's time for him to learn to defend himself. The thought of learning to fight makes Ben's stomach hurt, but he's willing to try anything to stop Boyd's bullying. When Ben discovers that he won't have to smash boards or throw people across the room, he decides that his Kajukenbo lessons might not be so bad. But even with his new self-defense skills, Ben doesn't believe he can stand up to Boyd until the day the bully kicks Ben's dog. Not only does Ben overcome his fears, he discovers a new kind of strength, one that was inside him all along. Written for children ages 9 and up, A Bundle of Sticks is an honest, funny and sometimes painful look at how one boy overcomes his fears and stands up to the schoolyard bully. Winner of The Mark Twain Award, The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and The Washington State Governor's Award
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 Strong Sticks - Strong Story July 12, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent story, I would like to see it released as a feature-length film.
 An antidote to bullying October 15, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Reprinting Pat Mauser McCord's "Bundle of Sticks" is appropriate for at least two reasons: First, it is a book that never should have been permitted to go out of print, and second, it is being reprinted at a time when its major theme-bullying in schools-has become an epidemic across the country. As this review was being written an 11-year-old boy was so tired of being bullied that he drove the family car almost all the way across Missouri, running from a stressful situation. It is a very serious problem that all schools and parents should investigate and take measures to stop. Reading and believing a book like this is a good start.
When "Bundle" was first published nearly 20 years ago it won numerous prestigious awards-the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the Mark Twain Award not to mention the Washington State Governor's Award. It deserved them and more because of the gentle, often-humorous way it gave kids a way to stand up to bullies. On the surface, learning martial arts sounds as though violence is being advocated. Not true. As "Bundle" explains and shows through believable plotting, martial arts properly taught can give kids the self-confidence to deflect bullying without resorting to violence. This is emphasized throughout and shown convincingly in the novel's final scene.
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