Chrissa Stands Strong

by Mary Casanova

Chrissa's had a good summer. She's been swimming at the lake and practicing her dives for swim-team tryouts, and she's looking forward to fifth grade. But when Chrissa and her friends start getting mean text messages and spam e-mails, and there is a cruel posting on the swim club website, it's hard to know who to trust. As if the cyberbullying wasn't bad enough, a serious accident at the pool turns Chrissa's world upside down. Who is behind all the mean messages? And what can one girl do to put an end to the bullying?

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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