Chapters 11 - 20

Colleen is having trouble trying to decide who to invite to her party. She wants to invite Jeff because she likes him, but she doen't want him to be the only boy at her party. Colleen thinks it is a good idea to invite one of Jeff 's friends, but the only friend he has is Bradley and she doesn't want to invite him. How will she solve her problem?

Bradley and Jeff are becoming closer friends, infact they decide to do homework together. Bradley wants Jeff to help him beat up Lori, Melinda and Colleen but Jeff doesn't want to. Bradley's plan to beat up the girls backfires when Melinda ends up punching him and making him cry instead. After this happens Bradley is upset with Jeff (I guess because he didn't help him) and tells his mother Jeff gave him the black eye. He eventually gets over it and wants to be friends again.

Jeff becomes friends with Robbie, who used to call Jeff names, and some other boys from his class. They want to be Jeff 's friend because they think he is the one who gave Bradley the black eye. Jeff ditches Bradley for his new friends and seems to be becoming a not so nice person. He even begins telling lies to the counselor.

Although Bradley tries not to show it, I believe it really hurt him that Jeff didn't want to be friends anymore. After all he was his only friend.

Colleen's problem has also been solved. Since Jeff and Bradley are no longer friends, she doesn't have to invite Bradley to her party.

I really feel sorry for this kid!! I feel he has low self-esteem and he believes he can't excel. He tries to push everyone away to avoid being hurt. I wish I knew what made him this way. So many times teachers write students off as a problem child without finding the root of the problem.