Sometimes a bully can be someone close to you. Can Ellray handle a few dares from his friends?
Ellray Jakes may be the smallest kid in Ms. Sanchez's third-grade class, but he has a big personality! And he's not going to let Jared, the biggest kid in class, call him a chicken or get in the way a trip to Disneyland. All Ellray has to do is stay out of trouble for one week and keep away from Jared. The question is, can he do it?
Ellray wishes he had something cool to brag about. Jared's dad owns a brand-new car with flames painted on it, and Kevin's dad is rich but all Ellray's geologist dad has is a collection of rocks.
Things are going just swimmingly for EllRay. He's finally getting along with most of the kids at school. He's even getting along with his family. But then everything comes screeching to a halt when his younger sister accidently overfeeds the classroom goldfish EllRay was supposed to be taking care of over Spring vacation. What is EllRay going to tell his teacher and the kids in his third-grade …
Ellray knows a thing or two about getting picked on. So when he sees his sister, Alfie, being bossed around by a dragonlike girl at her school, Ellray wants to share his wisdom.
When Ellray and his friends hear about the school talent show, they're not impressed
Ellray is down to one and a half best friends, and his little sister, Alfie, suggests that he needs new friends! Or a spare, at least. For emergencies. So Ellray decides to audition other boys for the role of New Best Friend.
Ellray may be the shortest kid in his class and he may get in trouble from time to time, but he can always count on his best friend Kevin and Corey. But lately, Kevin has been skateboarding with the meanest boy in class. Could Ellray be losing one of his friend?
My dad doesn't know. The neighbors don't know. My school doesn't know. My mom sure doesn't know. But Ican handle it. Because if people can change one way, they can change the other way, right?
In Alfie Jakes's second grade class, friendship and fairness rule in this adorable third installment of the Absolutely Alfie series! Second grader Alfie Jakes knows that when it comes to some friendships, one day you're in, and the next you're out. When Alfie's former best friend, Lulu, announces that she's hosting the best sleepover ever--and that she's only allowed to invite six girls--Alf…