Words Are Not Walls: Emma's Story

Emma sees the world differently. Leaf foxes in the sketchbook margins. Cloud whales drifting between thunderclouds. Starlit rivers and upside-down forests. Her teal sketchbook is full of creatures no one has ever drawn before - and at school, kids love them.Until Leah starts whispering.The comments are small and easy to miss, but day after day, they land in the same spot - and Emma's sketchbook starts staying closed. The leaf foxes stop coming. Emma starts to wonder if maybe the problem isn't her drawings at all. Maybe it's her.Words Are Not Walls is the first book in The Lighthouse Club series - twelve stories about kids navigating different kinds of bullying, and learning the same quiet truth: it's not you, it's them.This book takes on verbal bullying - the words that don't leave bruises but stay just as long.Includes Your Lighthouse Pages - activities, reflections, and tools for when words get too loud.Lexile® measure: 620L Ages 7-11 3,752 words