Keep Holding On
by Susane Colasanti
When Julian starts talking to her, Noelle is terrified. It seems safer to stay with Matt than to risk a broken heart. But when the bullying of a friend goes too far, Noelle realizes it's time to stand up for herself -- and for everything that makes her keep holding on.
Don't let the locker-adjacent flirting on the cover fool you -- this book isn't just a sweet little romance (though that's there, too). Click 'Read More' (at bottom right corner of this entry) to watch a personal video message from author Susane Colasanti and to see other books about bullying and trying to survive high school.
- Bullyville, by Francine Prose
- Burn, by Suzanne Phillips
- Poison Ivy, by Amy Goldman Koss
- Hate List, by Jennifer Brown
- Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
- Nailed, by Patrick Jones
- Bully, by Paul Langan
- Some Girls Are, by Courtney Summers
- Sticks and Stones and Born Ugly, both by Beth Goobie
- Story of a Girl, by Sara Zarr
- The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
- The Skin I'm In, by Sharon Flake
- Endgame, by Nancy Garden
- The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin, by Josh Berk
- By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead, by Julie Ann Peters
- Egghead: A Novel, by Caroline Pignat
- The Bully, by Paul Langan
- Everybody Sees the Ants, by A.S. King
- Crossing Lines, by Paul Volponi
- Diary of a Witness, by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Drowning Anna, by Sue Mayfield
- Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers and Parents to Combat the Bullying Crisis, by Lee Hirsch, Cynthia Lowen, and Dina Santorelli [nonfiction]