The Bully by Paul Langan

Author:Paul Langan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Young Adult
ISBN: 9780944210000
Publisher: Townsend Press
Published: 2002-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

At home, Darrell raided the refrigerator, making himself two tuna fish sandwiches. He had gotten used to eating after school, especially since he started giving his lunch money to Tyray. At least I don’t have to see Bluford for four days, he thought. The Thanksgiving holiday meant two extra days off from school.

After he finished his sandwiches, Darrell did push-ups. He had done them every day since he met Tyray. Once in a while, he thought that his arms and chest seemed a bit tighter than they used to be. But he still was shorter and skinnier than everyone in his class.

As he finished his push-ups, he thought about his conversation with Mr. Mitchell. “But you can also toughen yourself on the inside,” he had said. Darrell wanted to be tough all over, so tough he could look in the eyes of any kid that stared at him. He wanted to be so strong that no one would ever laugh when he was around. He wanted to be bigger, taller, and stronger than Tyray.

“Yeah, right,” he mumble. “I’ll never be those things.”

Still he wondered why Mr. Mitchell had insisted that he read a book. He went over to his backpack and pulled out Hatchet. It’s stupid to think a book can do anything about a bully, Darrell thought as he opened it to the first page.

The book began with a kid named Brian going on a trip to visit his father. So what, Darrell thought. I don’t even have a father. He turned the page. The story described how Brian had to take a private plane ride to get to his father’s house. Darrell put the book down for a second. Only a rich kid would be able to afford a private plane ride, he thought. He did not feel like reading a book about a rich kid who had an easy life. Darrell wondered why Mr. Mitchell had given him the book. After reading two pages, he could not see anything good in the story. I’ll give it one more chance, Darrell decided. Again, he picked it up and started reading. And then the book changed.

While Brian was flying in the small plane, the pilot had a massive heart attack and died right in front of him. Watching in horror, Brian realized he was stuck in a tiny plane high above a huge forest, and he did not know how to fly. Worse, Brian had to crash the plane in order to get back on the ground. Brian knew he might not survive the crash, but he had no choice. He had to land it. As Darrell read on, Brian was described as being totally alone.

Darrell may never have been in a plane before, but he knew what it was like to be in an impossible position. And he knew what it was like to be alone. He decided he would use the four days off to finish the book. He had nothing else to do. Besides, he wanted to see what was going to happen to Brian.

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