Eric Kahn Gale

You know Santa Claus, Cupid and the Easter Bunny. But you don't know Professor Birthday. And that is devastating. She creates every birthday party all around the world - and she deserves a little credit. "Why is a 'Professor' in charge of birthdays," you might ask. That's a rude question. Would you ask Cupid why a half-naked baby who shoots arrows runs Valentine's Day? What you don't know about Professor Birthday could fill a book -...

In this story told alternately through journal entries and instructions from a bullying manual, sixth-grader Eric embarks on a quest to find the reason why he is being teased and tormented in middle school.