Tuesday Of The Other June By Norma Fox Mazer Analysis

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Tuesday of the other June by Norma Fox Mazer is a story about a girl named June who is being bullied at school.Her mom told her that she was the only June.But she wasn’t.the first day at gym she found out that she wasn’t the only June.That day at gym she met another June The other June said that she was the only June.And then she told June that her new name was fish eyes.Then on days she started hurting June.She would mostly pinch her.June wanted it to stop but she thought that if she told her mom about it she would not get happy. June struggled with the other June.When June was trying to get her bathing suit on for swimming June would pinch her.June tried to stay away from her but she was always found.She tried to ignore her but she was doing it constantly.June wanted it to stop but but she didn’t want to tell her mother.She thought that her mom would get mad.One time June took her cloths when she was changing in the loker room changing.She also tied her braids together. June struggled with being bullied.At one point of the story she thinks there are robers coming into her house.She lets alot of things get to her head.When she went to school one day she made a list of what the week was like and what kind of days she had.She relizes that some days are worse than others.On the weekends she would try to make them last longer because …show more content…
She didn’t think anything of it that the other June would not let her use the same name as her.The other June started calling her names.She just ignored her.Then she started taking her cloths and tieing her braids together.She wanted it to stop but she felt that if she told her mom it would make her stressed out and mad.Then she realizes that she needed to take matters into her own hands.She finally had enough.She finally stood up to June and told her that she needs to stop what she was doing because it was

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