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Bullyville

by Francine Prose

Private grief and public labels

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Private grief and public labels

The narrator’s father is publicly remembered as a victim of the September 11 attacks, but the description signals a more complicated family loss beneath that shared story. A scholarship brings the narrator to Baileywell Academy, where a mentor becomes a source of harm and the nickname “Miracle Boy” obscures what he is living through. The book connects a national disaster with private hardship, using the narrator’s account of a difficult year to explore grief, peer pressure, and the gap between what a community knows and what remains hidden.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about peer pressure and school life.
  • Readers seeking a story that connects personal loss with a major public tragedy.

Themes

Grief and lossPeer pressureBullying and powerPublic tragedy and private hardship

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Book overview

My father was killed on 9/11.

Everybody in town knows we lost him forever when the North Tower collapsed.

What they don't know is that he was gone long before that day.

What they don't know is that a scholarship to exclusive Baileywell Academy only made my life worse.

What they don't know is that my mentor at Baileywell is my own personal terrorist.

Everybody calls me Miracle Boy.

What nobody knows is that it's a miracle I'm still here to tell you the real story about the worst year of my life.

From nationally acclaimed author Francine Prose comes an unforgettable novel about disasters, both public and private, and the aftermath of tragedy.

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