Roscoe Riley Rules #2: Never Swipe a Bully's Bear

The second book in a hilarious chapter book series about an accidental rule breaker from Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal–winning and bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Endling, and Wishtree.

When Roscoe’s stuffed pig, Hamilton, goes missing, he is convinced that Wyatt, the class bully, is responsible. When Roscoe finds out where Wyatt keeps his teddy bear, he decides to give that pignapper a taste of his own medicine. That will fix everything. Won’t it?

Roscoe and his comical misadventures will appeal to fans of Megan McDonald’s Stink series; Nancy Krulik’s George Brown, Class Clown series; Rebecca Elliott’s Owl Diaries series;and Dan Gutman’s My Weirder School series.

• Dealing with Bullies: When Roscoe is sure the class bully, Wyatt, has pig-napped his best friend Hamilton, he decides two can play at that game.
• Hilarious School Stories: Follow Roscoe’s laugh-out-loud misadventures in first grade as a simple misunderstanding spirals into a top-secret bear-napping operation.
• The Love for a Stuffed Animal: A heartwarming lesson about why you’re never too old for a teddy bear—or a stuffed pig—and why even bullies have a soft spot.
• Learning to Take Responsibility: Roscoe learns rule #214 the hard way in a funny, relatable story about jumping to conclusions and making things right.