The following books offer helpful stories, perspectives, and information on how you can stop bullying in your community or how to get help you are being bullied.
Nonfiction
![Laptop screen with the words "It Gets Better" on it](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/2023-04/it%20gets%20better.jpg?itok=SkviqOUw)
It Gets Better: coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living
Edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller
![The words Bullying Under Attack, a person hunched over wearing a hoodie, curled in on themselves, the hoodie covering their face](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/2023-04/Bullying%20Under%20Attack.jpg?itok=WcdtkOpl)
Bullying Under Attack
edited by Stephane H. Meyer, John Meyer, Emily Serber, and Heather Alexander
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Positive: surviving my bullies, finding hope, and living to change the world --a memoir
Paige Rawl with Ali Benjamin
![Cover of the book Allies, the word Allies in colorful blocky letters with colorful shapes containing the names of the writers who contributed to the book](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/2023-04/allies.jpg?itok=g1d5Pg8V)
Allies: real talk about showing up, screwing up, and trying again
edited by Shakirah Bourne & Dana Alison Levy
Fiction
Online Resources
These websites can connect you with local and national resources to stop bullying.
- DC Public Library’s Bullying Prevention Policy.
- Learn about the Library's commitment to keeping bullying out of DC libraries. Adopted Feburary 2014
- DC Citywide Youth Bullying Prevention Program
- Information about DC’s Youth Bullying Prevention Act and Taskforce from DC’s Office of Human Rights
- StopBullying.gov
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website dedicated to building awareness of bullying and cyberbullying
- Not in Our Town
- Anti-bullying resources for schools and communities.
- Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center
- Anti-bullying resources for all ages, parents and educators.
- Connect Safely
- Tips for online safety, including information about cyberbullying, privacy, social media, and more.
- Bystander Revolution
- A site that gives tips to people who have been bullied or bystanders to bullying.