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Book Review of Let's Pick on Benjy! (Spring Break)

Let's Pick on Benjy! (Spring Break)
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Benji who now goes by Ben moves due to his Dad's change of employment to a new town where he is Bullied all the time. Gus the chief Bully dumps Ben's papers of homework assignment in his notebook out and the wind blows many of them away. Ben is 14 years old 5'6" and 175 pounds.Even the teachers say bullying things like I guess you like to eat all the time. When Ben is in the boys locker room shower the boys steal his clothes, soak them and put them in the girls locker room. Do kids realize b how painful bullying is? One 9 th grade student a girl named Piper always stands up for BEn. BEn lives with dad and Aunt who are always willing to listen to him and ask how the bullying is going. His aunt takes him to a doctor who X-rays Ben and says that he be much taller and he teaches Ben to eat more nutritionally. Ben exercises more and he realizes hat his muscles are becoming more solid and his has greater stamina. Ben finally saves the Bully Gus from a pack of crazy dogs. Gus realizes that he has been wrong to bully Ben.This is a great story!