All Summer In A Day Bullying

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Bullies The three of these stories have a common thread All Summer in a Day, Tuesday of the Other June, and Raymond’s Run. All three of these stories have bullying. It’s a common problem throughout middle schooler. I hope that all the bullies can learn from these stories. Especially how it feels to the people they bully. The story All Summer in a Day is about a girl named Margot. She moved to Venus when she was 5 years old. At Venus it never rains! There was a day when Margot knew when the sun was going to come out because she remembers from Earth. The day finally came and all the people in Margot’s class shoved her in a closet. While she was in the closet the sun came out. Nobody remembered Margot when the sun came out. The sun eventually …show more content…

Squeaky has an older brother named Raymond. Raymond has a few problems. People always made fun of him until Squeaky took care of him. Squeaky always just knocked them down and if they didn’t she would just run, Squeaky was fast. She always wins the track meet they have every year. This year she is running the 50 yard dash. Everyone in her neighborhood calls her Mercury because she’s the swiftest thing in the neighborhood. Everyone knows that except for her dad who is way faster than her. She decides she’s going to go on a run with Raymond. While she is running her comes Gretchen and her sidekick Mary Louise. Gretchen asked Squeaky if she is going to be in the race this year and Squeaky said yes. Then Gretchen said I don’t think you're going to win this year. Gretchen starts being a bully and eventually walked off. The next day came and this was race day. Squeaky got there just in time to get her number pinned on and put Raymond in the swing. The race just started and they took off. While she was running she looked over and saw a blur of Raymond. She almost stopped and just watched Raymond run but she focused on the race and she burst past the finish line. She saw Gretchen right with her when she crossed the finish line. Over the loudspeaker you hear them discussing the winner then they say our winner is Miss Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker. She look over at Gretchen and she thinks maybe she can coach Raymond with me. One of the quotes Squeaky used was this, “I always win cause I’m the

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