Tweens! Bully No More

By Dawn Corbett

A softball size skyglitter has formed in SkyDale. She has claimed SkyDale Intermediate School as her own. She follows the day to day adventures in the classrooms and hallways. Some tweens are hilarious, and some are bullies. She has discovered a love like no other; the love of her Tweens! She claims a teacher and four students as her own and transforms them. They are Team 4 and set about to protect their school.

Slate, a fourth-grade bully and vandal, has set out to terrorize SkyDale Elementary. He wreaks havoc on a smaller fourth grader. Staci, Courtni, Craig and Liam set out to stop him. That’s when Shae steps in and sprinkles her positive energy particles on her four chosen tweens.
Slate starts vandalizing SkyDale.
Can Shae and her Team 4 stop the bully that’s terrorizing SkyDale.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dawn Corbett
• Release date: Oct 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463374962

Dawn Corbett

Dawn Corbett is writing Teen Fiction with a touch of fantasy and magic. The TWEENS! This is her first attempt at creative book writing. She’s reaching out tweens within the age of 8-14. Ms. Corbett teaches 4th and 5th Grade Writing/Language Arts at a small, rural school in southern Oklahoma. So, she has a pretty good idea of the books that they like.

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TWEENS! Bully No More Vol. 1

Copyright © 2017 by Dawn Corbett

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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, any place events or occurrences, is purely

coincidental and not intended by the author.

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing, 2018

Laotong Publishing LLC

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Madill, OK 73446

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TWEENS! Bully No More

A Children's Chapter Book

Dawn Corbett

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all the teachers out there who can relate, especially my wonderful coworkers.

This book is dedicated to Sandee Westmoreland who, I had to grab both hands and set them in motion on the keyboard, began her journey as a published author by my side, who inspired me, gave me ideas and edited my wonderful work of art. Thank you for your love and support throughout my life and this book journey.

This book is dedicated to Pam Allen, even though you didn’t know I was writing a book, your love and support throughout my life has been and always will be unconditional. My love is ‘right back at cha.

This book is also dedicated to MY tweens. Thank you for sharing your lives with me. I heart all of you. You make my life epic.

AND

First and foremost, to my beloved children: Staci, Courtni, and Craig. And to my beautiful grandchildren: Devon, Raelie, Jayce, Logan, Emerie, Liam and Weston. You are my heart; the loves of my life.

I did research the science part of this book and the vocabulary. Please, do not challenge it. This is my creative imagination.

Thank you to all who will read this book. 2/3 of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. Over 70% of America’s inmates cannot read above a 4th-grade level. Thank you to DoSomething.org. Give your child the gift of reading.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

About the Author

C1 TWEENS!!! Intro

1st Week of the 1st 9-Weeks

Flurry here, flurry there, flurry, flurry everywhere.

Haaaaaaa! Shae sucked in her breath. They’re bAAAaaack! It’s been three long months since the tweens have graced these halls with their presence. Fluttering around in circles, swirling, and spiraling up and down. She had a hard time containing herself.

TWEENS?!?! It’s an age of 8-14 years, a blend of the words between and teen; too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager. Yeah, they’re an in-between alright. In between...Can I wear makeup or not? Do I need deodorant or not? Why am I getting pimples and hair (in my armpit...gross)?

Oh, how I’ve missed them, Shae excitedly thought to herself. Man, oh, man do I have some side-splittin’, priceless, gut-bustin', comical stories to tell about my tweens.

The first day of school was Shae’s favorite day. The sun was barely waking up the morning sky. The August outside heater was set to reach well above 100 degrees before noon; the red brick building looked the same as always; however, outside a new piece of playground equipment was being installed and the large front windows had a freshly painted, bright colored mural to start the school year. Now, the tweens were arriving. Let’s not forget Shae’s favorite teacher, Ms. Rae Elci. She arrived bright and early, gearing up for the upcoming school year.

The kiddos are intensely emotional, some are happy, overly happy (the best day ever) and some are sad, overly sad (the worst day ever). As parents and tweens parked in the parking lot and entered the building, excitement filled the halls. The hustle and bustle of storing school supplies into lockers and locating homerooms created chaos. BFFs were hugging and laughing and goofing around.

All in good time, parents made their departures as the tweens made their way to the cafeteria for breakfast. Yep, this was a great day!

Shae swirled her way through the halls toward the cafeteria, changing color to color as she passed by an object. Being able to camouflage herself instantly, like a chameleon, saved her from being even the slightest bit noticed. She was even able to rest on her tweens without even such as a hint that she was there. As she rested on one, she thought, Yep, this one, Staci, is going to be one of my favorites this year. She was wearing a SkyDale School t-shirt: red, white and blue. It’s a sparkly glittery red, with the school mascot logo in blue glitter with a crisp accent color of white. Shae blended splendidly right in.

Shae loved the colorful clothing that the kiddos were wearing. The brighter, the shinier, the glitterier, by far, the better. She loved, loved sitting atop of glittery bows, the bigger, the better. Oh, happy, happy!

The cafeteria was bounding with talking and laughter. Trays being filled with food, and leftover food being dumped into the trash cans, and the clatter of empty dirty trays being placed onto the metal counter added to the noise. Staci was sitting there talking (breakfast talk, you know, you're both talking at the same time) to her friend Tabitha. Now, you need to remember that these kiddos had just spent the last three months’ school-less, (and pretty much clue-less and brain-less); they had been home bound for the last three months. During the conversation, Tabs (short for Tabitha) calls Staci Grandma. Staci says, You just called me Grandma, LOL.

Tabs stared blank faced at Staci for about half a minute, then busted out laughing. She was laughing so hard she was snaughling. You know laughing so hard you snort, then laugh because you snorted, then snort because you laughed. If you’re not going to snort, snaughl, then why laugh. She snaughled so hard milk came out her nose. Then Staci started snaughling. Shae was enthralled! How, how can they laugh so hard at just one word?

Uh, Oh! Here comes Ms. Elci, You girls get your plates cleaned up, and your faces, it’s time to go to class. She smiled slightly as she continued to round up her fourth and fifth graders, herding them through the dump line and outside, corralled into a line, escorting all 150 plus students back to toward their hall.

Shae couldn’t wait to get back to Ms. Elci’s homeroom. Even though she had a basic room, Shae was most comfortable there. She couldn’t wait to see which tweens would be in her favorite homeroom.

The hallway came alive as tweens entered, lockers opening and closing, voices and laughter bouncing off the walls. Classroom doors open to let the tweens filter in as the 8:05 bell rang.

The hallway slowly became quiet as the last classroom doors closed. The tweens were all in their places with bright shining faces, good morning to all, good morning to all. The teachers were taking roll, making notes of what students were present or absent.

Shae made her way to Ms. Elci’s class. Slipping through the crack of the door, she perched high above on the wall. Shae was like a fly on the wall, entirely unnoticed, she could take it all in. She loved watching the lives of so many unfold daily. Staci and Tabs were both in Ms. Elci’s 4th-grade homeroom. Yay!!! Shae was excited to have one of her favorite tweens in her favorite teacher’s room. Oh, happy happy!!!

Silence fell upon the entire building as the 8:10 tardy bell rang. Good morning SkyDale students, this is Mrs. Ebinger, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. announced the principal over the school intercom. It was her yearly privilege to do the honors of the Pledge the first day of every new school year. Everyone who chose to do so, stood, placed their right hand on their heart and pledged allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Then, everyone was sitting, announcements made, finishing up with, make today a great day or not, the choice is yours.

Ms. Elci was sitting at her desk putting her paperwork in order. She assigned different students to do daily tasks. She was explaining how her classroom would run, going over rules, etc. Students were asking questions and discussing the layout of the day when Tabs blurted out (yet again), Hey Grandma, when can we go to the library and check out books? The entire class busted out laughing.

Staci laughing, says to Tabs, Seriously, you’ve got to be kidding me! You just called our teacher Grandma. First me, now her. I think you need a morning do-over.

Tabs slightly embarrassed says, I can’t believe I just did that again. The laughter died down as Ms. Elci answered her question. Seeing how the first two days of school fell on Wednesday and Thursday, it would be Monday before any books could be checked out.

The daily routine would start out with twenty minutes of reading. Since the students couldn’t go to the library yet, Ms. Elci started off the year reading one of her favorite books by one of her favorite authors. It was a funny book on how a student decided she would not make straight A’s; she was going to make bad grades to prove that grades aren’t all that mattered. Every now and then, the tweens would giggle at the book. It held their attention, which wasn’t an easy task at their age.

At the end of the twenty-minute reading, the 8:30 bell rang. The new students became a little apprehensive. SkyDale Intermediate School consisted of three grades: 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The 4th and 5th classes were departmentalized, all five core subjects had different teachers: Writing/LA, Social Studies, Math, Reading, Science with an additional computer class covering the enrichment of Reading and Math. Students changed classes every 50 minutes. However, 3rd-grade students only changed classes three times during the day; their three core subjects included Reading, Math, and Writing/LA and an additional computers class. The weekly schedule didn’t include Fridays (Yay!), so the days were longer, going till 4:00 (Boo!).

There was a sigh of relief when the tweens found out their first class would be their homeroom class, rotation started with the second class.

C2 Teachers!!! Intro

1st Week of the 1st 9-Weeks

Writing and Language Arts, Ms. Rae Elci: 4th-grade, strives for a quiet room, laid back, last minute planner, and loves music.

Social Studies, Mrs. Kelli Darci: 4th-grade, organized, to the point, and a history buff.

Reading, Mrs. Vonda Widger: 4th-grade, key planner for all 4th-grade activities, key disciplinarian (previous experience as a principal), and keeps everyone on track.

Science, Miss Kim Hix: 5th-grade, goes with the flow, loves to do experiments in class, and brings a young, lively, brisk quality to her classroom.

Math, Mrs. Zora Zajac: 5th-grade, key planner for all 5th-grade activities, key disciplinarian along with Mrs. Widger, and a nurturer.

Computers, Mrs. Calise Camper: 5th-grade, technology advocate, goal oriented, and avid weekend camper.

PE, Coach Devon Tagled: 4th and 5th-grade, energy enthusiast, game player and referee.

Ms. Elci’s homeroom class schedule:

Rotation 1) Ms. Elci - Writing/Language Arts

Rotation 2) Mrs. Darci - Social Studies

PE

Rotation 3) Mrs. Widger - Reading

Lunch

Rotation 4) Mrs. Camper - Computers

Rotation 5) Miss Hix - Science

Rotation 6) Mrs. Zajac - Math

Rotation 1) Ms. Elci - Writing/Language Arts

Today, the first day of school, first order of business, the 4th and 5th-grade teachers started off their 1st-hour class with the students sitting in the hallway lining the walls. This was a ‘new beginnings’ tradition. This was called the Town Hall meeting. Here is where the teachers instructed students on expected age appropriate behavior. This was to let the students know that all teachers were on the same page when it came to school behavior and expectations for the students, individually and as a whole. No confusion and no two-timing the teachers; the students now knew better. Right??? Right!!!! Town Hall meeting conducted; tweens dawdled their way back to their first-hour class.

The teachers were still standing in the hallway watching as the tweens disbursed. They all came together in a circle, talking about the success of the first Town Hall meeting. Celebration! Dab! Yes, all six of the teachers dabbed at the same time. Their excitement and enthusiasm for the new year shot threw their arms and straight out of the fingertips electrifying the air. Clean, crisp shock waves bolting through the air. Shae danced above their heads, intensifying their bolts. Oh, yes! It was going to be a great year.

Rotation 2) Mrs. Darci - Social Studies

Craig had gathered his school supplies, straightened up his locker, and headed into his 2nd-hour rotation class, Mrs. Darci’s Social Studies class. Just inside the classroom was a fairly large colorful fish tank, with a small variety of fish. Mrs. Darci had cleaned and put fresh water in it for the new school year; the fish were feeling frisky. As he walked through the door, Darth Vader jumped right at the glass. Apparently, Craig must have startled the fish, causing