Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107) and index.

"You know people who have been bullied; we all do. Even President Barack Obama has childhood memories of having been a target. For whatever reason, one of the unfortunate rites of passage of childhood and adolescence is either witnessing or directly suffering from bullying. Although bullying is an all too common occurrence, finding out what remedies exist is far less known. Luckily, readers of this book will learn how to cope, what peers can do to help, and how schools, parents, and communities can begin to rein in bad behavior that has been tacitly accepted for far too long"--Provided by the publisher.