Author of The Bully Book to Speak at Scarsdale Library

Eric Kahn Gale will discuss his novel The Bully Book and his personal experiences with bullying at the Scarsdale

Public Library on Monday, October 7, at 7:00 pm.  He will also answer questions. While this is
a topic of concern to many, the program is geared particularly to 5th
and 6th grade students and parents. 

The
Bully Book tells the story of sixth-grader Eric Haskins. It’s a compelling account of middle-school bullying, featuring perspectives from both the top and bottom of the school-yard food chain as Eric discovers that he is The Grunt – the person whom the mysterious “Bully Book” instructs must be singled out as an absolute target in order for other students to rise in the social order. The “Bully Book” in the novel reads like a textbook describing how bullies can maintain a position of power.  When other students start to calculatedly torture Eric, he begins to discover the existence of the bullying manual and his position as The Grunt, and he sets out to uncover the origins of the “Bully Book” and challenge it.