Intended Audience: This book is intended to be read by students whose ages range from 14 years and up. It is a book that portrays bullying in a very realistic way as seen in court. Surprisingly, in the end it demonstrates that our judicial system is not always fair. I really felt for Ivy, the main character especially after knowing that she had been experiencing this type of humiliation for years.
Lesson: This book could be used as a skit. Students could start by defining the term bullying. Then they can explain what motivates someone to bully and the consequences of being bullied. Each person participating would write a 1-2 minute monologue about bullying from the perspective of either the person being bullied or the one doing the bullying.
Annotation: Ivy is the victim in the story, who is being bullied by Ann and her two friends. Ivy writes a poem that is found by her government teacher Ms. Gold. This is how she learns that Ivy has been the victim of bullying for several years by the "Evil Three." It is then that she decides to do a mock trial in order to educate students about the legal system. She assigns roles for the students to act out in the trial. Throughout the trial you hear the different stories told by the different characters. This book shows the cruelty of adolescents. One juror tells it all "popularity is the wrong word, popularity means everyone likes you. But no one likes sour popular girsl; it's more about fear." The ending is unsettling "Beauty wins and the truth is irrelevant."
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