Date 22 August 2024
Pages 160
Format cm 7 x 19
Price € 7.95
EAN 9782748538397
Publisher Website www.syros.fr

Heavy on the Heart

Publisher Syros
Category Children's Books
Keywords Harassment - Society
Age 9-12
A captivating middle-grade novel about bullying, with an afterword by Emmanuelle Piquet, a psychotherapist and specialist on the subject.

It all started at the pool when Lucas saw the scar on my chest. Since then, he’s been telling everyone that I’m just a patched-up robot. Everyone laughs, so of course, it encourages him to keep going. He and his friends make fun of me all the time. Mom advises me to ignore them, Dad tells me to stand up for myself. But no matter what I do, nothing works. I NEVER want to go to school again, so that I NEVER have to see Lucas again. Unless a brilliant idea could change everything...