The 6th Grade Nickname Game
By Gordon Korman
A funny story about best friends Wiley and Jeff, who have the ability to assign nicknames that stick to every kid in school, from their burly new teacher to the school's blandest kid.

Fiddlesticks
By Beverly Lewis and Janet Huntington
Shawn Hunter is determined to make the soccer team, but many of kids call him Fiddlesticks because he has scrawny legs and plays the violin. Can Shawn show up the teasing kids by making the team?

Blubber
By Judy Blume
Fifth Grader Jill Brenner joins in on the teasing of a girl nicknamed Blubber, only to learn what it feels like to be on the other end of the taunts.

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