Libraries' and bookstores' resources on bullying are often limited to picture books and parenting books.

Time to Tell 'Em Off! A Pocket Guide to Overcoming Peer Ridicule offers advice to ridiculed/bullied kids and teens, based on the author's experience as a target. The author sympathizes with ridiculed young people, explains why certain people are harassed, and provides coping and self-defense strategies. The message to bullied kids is that there's nothing wrong with them.

Libraries' and bookstores' resources on bullying are often limited to picture books and parenting books.

Time to Tell 'Em Off! A Pocket Guide to Overcoming Peer Ridicule offers advice to ridiculed/bullied kids and teens, based on the author's experience as a target. The author sympathizes with ridiculed young people, explains why certain people are harassed, and provides coping and self-defense strategies. The message to bullied kids is that there's nothing wrong with them.

About the Author:

Deanna Miller has a degree from the school of hard knocks. She was ridiculed so often in her youth that she discovered--the embarrassing way you'd rather not go through--what the causes and solutions are to this problem. Deanna's forthcoming novel Sky Bounce was nominated by the late Jean E. Karl for the Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award.

Check out what people are saying about it!

"A highly recommended social survival guide for young people everywhere and should be included in every school and community library collection in the country."
--The Children's Bookwatch, http://www.midwestbookreview.com/cbw/may_02.htm

"The calmly confiding tone of Time to Tell 'Em Off! should persuade many children...that they, too, can overcome harassment."
--Parents' Press, October 2002 issue, page 12, http://www.parentspress.com/booksdontlaugh.html

"A clearly written guide to dealing with the effects of teasing and harassment. It presents a step-by-step plan for rebuilding self-esteem and rebuilding peer relationships. Highly recommended."
--Stan Davis, bullying prevention specialist, social worker, and guidance counselor, http://www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us/bullyweb

"Talks directly to victimized teens and younger kids. Written in a simple, direct style, the book draws on Miller's own experience as a victim of ridicule. The highly encouraging text explains why certain people are targeted as victims and encourages readers not to make the mistake of believing what bullies want them to believe--that there's something wrong with them. Miller also provides practical strategies, including quick comebacks to a bully's insults."
--Canadian Living magazine, May 2001 issue, page 129

"Deanna gives kids specific productive ways to handle the anger that results from being a constant victim of ridicule...This book is an excellent source of information for young people who have experienced the pain of ridicule. It first makes the author 'one' with the reader by showing how she was in the same position and then gives concrete advice for not only surviving the ridicule but also reducing the chance of being a target for bullies."
--Kathleen Schwartz, reviewer, http://www.sharpwriterreviews.8m.com/review158.htm

"A small pocket manual that every parent and student should own...Written primarily for the child who is being bullied, the book, if read by parents, can help them recognize warning signs and aid their children in developing a viable plan when and if they face this situation."
--Jonathan David Masters, reviewer, http://www.booktrees.com

"I think this book could help a lot of people who are getting picked on, and I suggest it...because it can help you even if you think you are completely under control."
--Kelly Walsh, 12-year-old reviewer, June 2000, http://www.scribesworld.com

"A must-have addition to your family library. I wish that I'd read a book like this when I was growing up. It would have helped me understand how bullies pick their targets and what I could have done to ward off their attacks...Although Time to Tell 'Em Off! was written with fifth graders through twelfth graders in mind, I think that younger children can benefit from reading some portions of the book."
--Laura Ramirez, editor of Family Matters! ezine,
http://parenting-child-development.com/bullies.html

"A good read for any survivor of school bullying, but definitely ideal for those currently bearing the burden of being teased."
--Swerve Magazine editors, http://jump.to/swerve

"Helps teens take a look at themselves and learn to like what they see, instead of hearing and believing hurtful words from others."
--Penny Morang Richards, Eagle-Tribune, Saturday, August 26, 2000, Lifestyle

"Insightful and supportive to children who are being bullied. Wonderful advice."
--Veronica Melgarejo, owner of Link Up, A Web Site for Parents,
www.linkup-parents.com

"Overall, I'd cheerfully give this book to any kid who was showing signs of suffering from harassment."
--The McQuark Review, http://www.mcquark.com/nonfiction2.htm

"If you have children in this age range [fifth through twelfth grade], I strongly encourage you to get this book for them! It will help!"
--J. A. Hale, editor, The Balanced Woman ezine, http://www.angelfire.com/sd/BalancedWoman/issue16.html

"I think this book should be part of every parent's library, and it would be a great way for parents and children to spend some quality time solving a very common problem in today's schools."
--Mike Roberts, editor, GREAT Parenting! Electronic Newsletter, October 2000, www.stopyelling.com

Time to Tell 'Em Off! is currently available through www.deannamiller.com or the following address:

Deanna Miller
P.O. Box 63
Merrifield, VA 22116
info@deannamiller.com

Listed in Books In Print,
ISBN 0-9725424-0-X