Lotus keeps too many secrets for her own good. Secrets that she could never tell her parents about, secrets that would destroy her if they ever came out, destroy everything she loves. And so it happens that she's being threatened with one of those secrets. When her best friend Nova offers her the chance to join her and their friend, Vin, on a week-long getaway, she agrees. All they're going to be doing is focusing on their upcoming exams, with no devices, no link to the world outside. In a farmhouse miles away from the nearest town, what's going to happen?
In How to Stand Up to Bullying, author M.C. Ryder shares her own experiences of dealing with past bullies and her understanding of those childhood scourges, what to expect, and how to react to their behavior. She explains the psychology of a bully, their motivations and desires, the lack of love, and a parent’s choices needed to shape a spiteful, manipulative person. What fuels a bully’s hunger for power? What would they perceive as a threat?
It's 1941 and 10-year-old Fumio Miyota has everything he'll ever need: a loving family, Zachary his best friend and neighbor, and Flyer, his devoted dog who has been with Fumio nearly all his life. He spends time helping out in his family's strawberry farm in Bainbridge Island, Washington and hanging out with Zachary, thinking that nothing could ever shatter the peace of the near-utopia he lives in. Until it does. Out of the blue, the U.S.
