Beware! Page 5

  Why is Jenny Pinski a bully?

  Writing Prompts

  Have you ever had to deal with a bully? Write about your experience.

  Create your own Weird World. Then draw a picture of it, or build a diorama. What kinds of plants or animals live on your Weird World?

  In this book, Claudia realizes that Jenny isn’t as mean as she thought. Write about a time when you discovered that someone was different from what you expected. What did you think about the person before? What happened? What do you think about the person now?

  Claudia Cristina Cortez is published by Stone Arch Books

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  Mankato, Minnesota 56002

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  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Gallagher, Diana G.

   Beware! / by Diana G. Gallagher ; illustrated by Brann Garvey.

     p. cm. — (Claudia Cristina Cortez)

   ISBN 978-1-4342-1575-8

   ISBN 978-1-4965-0438-8 (eBook)

   [1. Bullies—Fiction. 2. Science projects—Fiction. 3. Middle schools—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Hispanic Americans—Fiction.] I. Garvey, Brann, ill. II. Title.

   PZ7.G13543Bg 2010

   [Fic]—dc22

  2009002546

  Summary:

  Jenny Pinski is the biggest bully at Pine Tree Middle School. Claudia is paired up with her for a science project. Some of Jenny’s ideas are awful, but Claudia is afraid to disagree with Jenny. Is her project doomed, or will Claudia find out there’s more to this bully than bullying?

  Creative Director: Heather Kindseth

  Graphic Designer: Carla Zetina-Yglesias

  Photo Credits

  Delaney Photography, cover