Dead ends vs Lucy and the bully: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Bullying, Bullies, School Stories, Schools, Fiction
Dead ends
When Dane, a bully, refuses to hit Billy D because he has Down Syndrome, Billy takes that as a sign of friendship and enlists Dane's help in solving riddles left in an atlas by his missing father, sending the pair on a…
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Lucy and the bully
When a mean classmate in preschool wrecks Lucy's artwork, she discovers that they can be friends once he stops being jealous of her.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Lucy and the bully is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 6 for Dead ends.
- Dead ends has the widest readership — 2504 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Dead ends | Lucy and the bully | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2504) | 3.7 (190) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Dead ends | Lucy and the bully | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2504 | 190 |
| Editions | 5 | 10 |
| Want to read | 2548 | — |
| Reading it now | 78 | — |
| Written reviews | 325 | — |
| Pages | 332 | 32 |