The Ride Home

After coming to a small town to live with his grandmother, Mark has to endure the long bus ride home from school.  This book examines bullying in middle school and how everyone has a story to tell. The entire story takes place during one bus ride home from school.   Gail Anderson-Dargatz has written many hi-lo or literacy learner novels for both YA and adults working to strengthen their literacy skills. The author confessed that she was the “weird” one on the bus when she was a kid. Now her own kids take a long bus ride home too.