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Text copyright © 2014 by Scott Starkey

Jacket illustration copyright © 2014 by Tim Jessell

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The text for this book is set in Bembo Std.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Starkey, Scott.

Revenge of the bully / Scott Starkey.

pages cm

Summary: Rodney Rathbone tries to live up to his reputation as a reluctant hero when he earns a spot on his school football team—along with his archnemesis—while trying to regain his girlfriend Jessica’s trust and survive his mother’s new job as the restaurant reviewer for a local paper.

ISBN 978-1-4424-5677-8 (hardback)

ISBN 978-1-4424-5679-2 (eBook)

[1. Middle schools—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Bullying—Fiction. 4. Football—Fiction. 5. Heroes—Fiction. 6. Ohio—Fiction. 7. Humorous stories.] I. Title.

PZ7.S7952Rev 2014

[Fic]—dc23

2014011733