Tommy Wilhelm and his gang of bullies have never let fifth-grader Joshua

forget that he was held back in the third grade. Now Tommy has started picking

on a dorky new kid and Joshua must choose between sticking up for the nerd and

saving his own neck. "With a well-drawn school backdrop and a believable main

character, this is a perceptive story that makes it plain what it's like to be

an outcast and also what it takes to be a hero. Welcome back,

Joshua."—Booklist