Key Selling Points

• This book examines bullying in middle school and how everyone has a story to tell.
• The entire story takes place during one bus ride home from school.
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz has written many hi-lo or literacy learner novels for both YA and adults working to strengthen their literacy skills.
• The author confessed that she was the “weird” one on the bus when she was a kid. Now her own kids take a long bus ride home too.
• The Ride Home was shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize and the Chocolate Lily Award.
• Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.