BOOK SOURCE #2

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	The Bully, The Bullied, and The Bystander
Author(s) or Editor	Barbara Coloroso
Publisher	HarperCollins
Year of Publication	2003
City of Publication	New York
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): 1. People are now realizing how big of an issue bullying really is because "thousands of children go to school every day filled with fear." ( Coloroso, 1)

2. In order to break the cycle of bullying, "it requires that we examine why and how a child becomes a bully or a target of a bully." (Coloroso, 2)

3. A lot of suicides could have been prevented if we can learn about bullying because "if it can be learned, it can be examined and it can be changed." (coloroso, 3)

4. Bullied victims can be so afraid to go to school and face his attacker because the bully can become "more physically aggressice and threatens more harm in order to instill terror in his target." (Coloroso, 7)

5. Some parents think that to "explain the behavior of the bully" is a good thinkg but you are really telling your child that they are in this situation alone.

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This book explains how everyone in a school enviroment can be somehow linked together in the bullying situation. The person who is a bystander always has the choice whether or not to step in and to stop the bullying. In the book, that one move explains how it can change the cycle of bullying.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.
 The author is a speaker on parenting, teaching and nonviolent resolution. She also has training in sociology and special education.

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?
This book is just informative but wants people to know how they can reduce bullying.


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
The author wants to stop bullying.


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
  There are no references.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use this source in  my paper to support my position.

BOOK SOURCE #1

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	The Everything Parent's Guide To Dealing With Bullies.
Author(s) or Editor	Deborah Carpenter and Christopher Ferguson
Publisher	Adams Media
Year of Publication	2009
City of Publication	Avon, Massachusetts
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): 1. Schools are now putting harsher rules on the concept of bullying because they are now "becoming more and more aware of its negative impact on kids." (Carpenter, 2)

2. Though a lot of parents think that their children are not being bullied, a lot of "kids are dealing with bullying on some level on a dailt basis." (Carpenter, 7)

3. In the past, bullying was not a big issue and was just seen as something that happened to teenagers but "bullying is now recognized as an important contributor to youth violence and bullycide." (Carpenter, 7)

4. A lot of people assume that school shootings happen because the shooter themselves are not happy but a paper "concluded that bullying played a significant role in many school shootings." (Carpenter, 7)

5. Since "indirect bullying (hurtful gossip) is harder to detect" most school officials will not know how severe a situation is until a student comes up to them with evidence. (Carpenter, 25)

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

Deborah Carpenter wrote this book when she found out that her son was being bullied when he was four years old and started writing this book to help other parents deal with their child being bullied. She went to different sources and started to do research to provide as much information as possible. She talks about different types of bullying and how each bullying can affect a child differently.


Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.

According to the author, she is a mother who had children that were being bullied but she got most of her information from different resources.
 

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?
The author wanted to be informative on the issue of bullying but she also wanted people to be aware of this issue and on how they can help reduce it.



Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
The author is biased towards trying to stop bullying in schools and other enviroments.


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes there are references in this writing so it adds to the credibility.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use this source in my project my saying how all kids are affected by bullying and that it can have a very bad effect on them when they grow older.