TY - BOOK AU - Couric,Katie TI - The Brand New Kid SN - 0-385-50030-0 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Doubleday KW - Schools KW - fiction KW - Friendship KW - Diversity KW - Tolerance N1 - donated by Mrs. J. Bloom N2 - Everyone is scared of the first day of school. Will I have friends? Will my teacher like me? No one is more scared than Lazlo. The other children tease and bully him. "When Ellie realizes that things are really hard for him, she reaches out, makes a new friend and teaches her class a lesson in accepting others." ER -