Bullies to Buddies - Paperback

by Andres D. Maeso (Illustrator), Irina Flowers (Illustrator), Andres D. Maeso (Author)

A heartwarming book written by a middle schooler about Jake, a bully who picks on Billy. This book is targeted for elementary age children and teaches a lesson about trusting adults to help. Billy trusts his soccer coach and the bully becomes his buddy.

Author Biography

Andres Maeso, known to his friends as Andrew resides in Williamsburg, Virginia. He wrote this book when he was in middle school. The inspiration for the book was experiencing bullying firsthand and seeing other kids being bullied. Andrew is an honor student and holds several offices in his high school. Andrew has been playing soccer since he was four years old. He plays soccer at the varsity, state, and premier levels. In addition to playing soccer, Andrew teaches soccer classes, coaches and referees young children ranging in ages from two to nine. He wants to give back to his community the love of the game! He has made it his practice to assist others and hopes this book will help young children to seek help from others when needed.