EllRay Jakes does not want his teachers to call home. And he is most certainly not the one starting all the problems, but the teachers know there is something going on and they only see EllRay as part of it. When EllRay's father challenges him to go an entire week without a single phone call from his teachers and he'll get a trip to DisneyLand, EllRay knows he will have to stay away from the bully to make it happen. Yet, something always brings him to the bully's attention. 
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 I know this book is on the current Texas Bluebonnet Reading List, but I still have a hard time recommending it to children. In the end EllRay stands up to his bully by physically challening him in a nearby park. The rest of the school comes out to the park so it doesn't get too far. However, the next day EllRay and his bully go to Disneyland. So, I guess it's good that the EllRay's parents and the bully's parents have talked about the issue. But they never talk to either kid about bullying. They just go to Disneyland. Seems like the wrong message to me.