This book perfectly shows the misunderstanding, and unfair treatment bullies get. Tod gets in trouble, but doesn't get the expected punishment. The teacher just wants to know why, and Tod just wants to get his time over with. But what if the seemingly dumb notebook actually means something to Tod?
Scrawl: A Novel
By Mark Shulman
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 7 - 12 | Grades 2 - 5 | n/a | 4.3 | 58852 |
Tod Munn is a bully. He's tough, but times are even tougher. The wimps have stopped coughing up their lunch money. The administration is cracking down. Then to make things worse, Tod and his friends get busted doing something bad. Something really bad.
Lucky Tod must spend his daily detention in a hot, empty room with Mrs. Woodrow, a no-nonsense guidance counselor. He doesn't know why he's there, but she does. Tod's punishment: to scrawl his story in a beat-up notebook. He can be painfully funny and he can be brutally honest. But can Mrs. Woodrow help Tod stop playing the bad guy before he actually turns into one . . . for real?
Read Tod's notebook for yourself.
Publisher: Square Fish
Published on 8/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
Book Reviews (3)
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I really liked this book. It is funny and its like a true story. The writer uses the idea of a journal to make Todd tell his story and he tears out the pages and staples them in other places so you can see it in the order that you're supposed to read it adn not in the order it was written. That was really clever. I'm in 8th grade. I think it's okay for 6th grade but I don't get why they say 2nd t0 5th grade.
It took me a long time to finish this book. its a great book about a bully who wants a change in his life but if your not a actual bully it would be hard to feel for the main character. I think in the book Tod the main character is too mean.it is confusing to not know how he feels