Title: Play Date in Seattle
Author: Bella Ellwood-Clayton
Date: 2023
Quote: "Did they call you names again?"
Panda, short for Penelope, gets called names. Because she once wet her pants? Kids who've gone through a few grades together have enough dirt on each other to be able to stop that kind of bullying. So...could it be because Panda's mother has been hospitalized? For the way she reacts to Panda's being bullied, which reminds her of having been bullied...
The way Panda's mother reacts to the bullying is obviously not ideal, but the story's meant to get people talking about things sane people do. And enjoying a revenge fantasy? Tehee.
It's a short story, meant to call attention to a longer one. Print publishers very rarely bothered to print such a short story as a book, unless it was a picture book for tots. With e-books all things are possible. This would be a good choice for sophisticated teenagers who need a "book" for a last-minute book report.
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