Alt Ed
Author: Catherine Atkins
Susan Calloway, bullied and overweight, faces daily humiliation at the hands of her classmates – and she’s had enough. With her anger about to reach the boiling point, Susan lands in an alternative education class, a sort of group therapy for the nearly expelled.School is bad enough, but facing off with five peers, including her cruelest tormentor, is worse. Now Susan is b….Read More
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