Five Crows

By Claire Burbank

Five Crows is my forth book in my Bullying Series.  It is a short, chapter paged book that is about a girl named Gale Kettle who really loves crows,  she is teased by a kid named Melvin and wants to prove to him that a crow is a pet. When Melvin, a bully,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bill Burbank
• Release date: Sep 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9780997564716

Claire Burbank

Claire Burbank is 12 years old & lives with her family in Nottingham. I always knew I had a passion for writing. In any free time I get, I think, "I want to write!" There are three reasons I do: 1. It's really fun to tell my own fictional stories with detail, drama & comedy. 2. I want to publish my books so the world can read them and enjoy them. 3. I want people to know the important issue of bullying but have a good time learning about it in a fun way It all started back in third grade when I made a little book about bullying. (Available on iTunes, just search Claire Burbank) It was about this girl named Amelda and she gets bullied. She gets teased about her appearance and how she was different from the others. I had watched many movies about bullying and had seen some people get bullied and didn't even realize it. I wanted to make up for all of those times I didn't stand up for the other person and those times I might have been apart of the teasing by writing a little book. It probably took me about ten minutes to write this little 7 paged picture book. I brought it to my classroom and showed it to my guidance counselor, who was the person it was dedicated to. She recognized my care for bullying and put it on the school website. When it was taken down for the next piece of news to be shown, I wanted people to keep viewing it. So, I decided to publish it along with the help of my dad and his many IT director friends. It was a long process, but we ended up publishing it on iTunes, and I wanted to keep writing. So, I decided to make and publish more books about bullying, realistic fiction or not so realistic fiction. I currently have published 9 books, I have worked really hard on all of these books, I appreciate it and hope it helps Stop Bullying.

Book preview

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Five Crows

Why would anyone want a crow? Melvin asked me. Crows are stupid.

No they aren’t! I protested, crossing my arms. Crows are brilliant!

I’d rather have a scarecrow for a pet than a crow, Tabitha added. Everyone laughed. At me.

"You know, someday you’ll appreciate animals for who they are, I told them. Mom will never say no to getting a crow. I’ll even ask her today!"

Pft! Melvin scoffed, skeptically. "I bet you’ll have five crows tomorrow." He was really good at being sarcastic!

You know what, I’ve had it! I shouted. If I get one crow on Friday morning, you will owe me…20 bucks.

Deal! he replied. Get ready to pay up. I want a new basketball.

"And I want five crows," I answered, walking to the swings. YES! That was a good comeback.

I hopped on the swing next to Dana and smiled. I’m getting a crow.

What? she asked. "You’re mom is never going to let you get a crow."

Well, with a little trickery she will, I explained. I have a plan…

3 Ways to get your parents to get you a pet

By: Hannah & Kira Thompson

Do you want to get a Hamster? A kitten? A dog? A parakeet? Well, here are three ways to persuade your mother and father to buy you one.

You can offer to buy the pet yourself, and take care of it yourself. This step doesn’t usually work, but you can try it yourself.

You can say you’ll do anything for it, and then you end up doing chores for the whole year for no money. Laundry, dishes, sweeping. Most people dislike this decision.

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