Book Summary: The Bully By Paul Langand

The book, I will be writing about is The Bully by Paul Langand. I am done with the book which explains about a boy moving to California. The cover reminds me about kids fighting. I wanted to get a deep comprehension throughout the story. I choose this book for children have been facing everyday day.
The story is about a 15 years old boy, name Darrell, who lives in Philadelphia with his mom. He had a best friend named Mark who use to help him when he was in trouble and had a fight. During that moment Darrell's mom had a great job in California better than Philadelphia, so both had to move to that place. One thing Darrell were scared and sad when they move to new fresh environment was that people bullied him. He imagines not having

a friend to be supported. The major point of the story was that the boy knew it wasn't a good idea to move to California. When he were in California the neighborhood, where unfamiliar by not knowing anyone. When Darrell went to the store affront of his house, he meets a girl named Amberlynn which studies at the same school as him which was a Bluford high school. However, Tyray was bullying Darrell on the first day of class. Tyray wanted Darrell to give him money every Friday, but he decided to talk to his best friend Amberlynn. When Darrell was in the English class, he observe Tyray and were frustrated on not wanting to come to school. Although, Amberlynn were in the same class and made him more comfortable. It say's “man, that boy looks like he should join the wrestling team. He could be the practice dummy,” someone whispered nearby. A few kids laughed”. This means that a children need to do exercise to be strong. I like this part because you can keep on trying until you get better at it you can succeed. My favorite part was when Darrell wrestled and at first he could beat it. The second game he won by increasing more points. Finally, wrestling pay off a lot from him beating Tyray.
The emotion that impacts me was when the kids in Darrell school were judging him about his height. Throughout the book, this made myself think how he was feeling and nobody doing anything about the situation. I felt that neither Darrell's mom went to school and check on him to see how her son was doing. The main conflict is when Tyray started to bully Darrell when Darrell went for the first time to Bluford high. Another one was when Tyray smashed the orange from Darrell. The mood can be aggravated and sad at the same time since Darrell never like living in California. He say's “I hate living here, it's nothing like Philadelphia”. This explains the action of a boy not getting used to the environment. In the book, the author makes sure the reader understands the issue and make a connection to their lives. At the end he feels that he has accomplished what he wanted and be brave. He was brave to not let Tyray bully him any more by letting him know that I won't give you money.
In conclusion, I found particularly satisfying to imagine the way, Jermaine and Tyray was not speaking to him and having a fight during wrestling time. Finally, Darrell stood up and said I will not give his mother a hard time by wasting all of her money for something wrong a student did.