After Katie gets caught teasing a schoolmate, she's sent to the school counselor to learn how to be a better friend; before long Katie realizes that bullying hurts others as well as herself, in a story told from the point of view of the bullier rather than the bullied, and one that provides kids with real-life tools they can use to identify and stop relational aggression.
Nine-year-old Katie's punishment for bullying classmates includes making up for the hurt she has caused, and so she decides to write a book about bullying, why it is not okay, and how to start being a better friend.
After Katie gets caught teasing a schoolmate, she's told to meet with Mrs. Petrowski, the school counselor, so she can make right her wrong and learn to be a better friend. Bothered at first, it doesn't take long before Katie realizes that bullying has hurt not only the people around her, but her, too. Told from the unusual point of view of the bullier rather than the bullied, Confessions of a Former Bully provides kids with real life tools they can use to identify and stop relational aggression.From the Hardcover edition.