A review by profejmarie
EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken by Sally Warner

1.0

Highly disappointing. This book is about a kid being bullied, and not only does it send the terrible message that an 8-year old child should have to resolve it on their own, but the adults do further damage by saying "let's ruin EllRay's Disneyland reward by inviting the bully along to help them get to know each other better". Additionally, lots of troubling negative gender stereotyping. I liked when classmates got involved on behalf of EllRay and wish more focus would have been on that especially since EllRay as a character has a great deal of promise.