As an author and columnist, Sarah Darer gets an interesting combination of fan mail and hate mail. But the trend she’s seen in hate mail, online commenting and social media harassment is no laughing matter. Sarah’s teen readers write to her about the pain they’ve experienced from cyberbullying, particularly after reading her latest novel, Backlash.

What is the point of implementing a strong anti-bullying curriculum when kids witness adults bullying both on and offline every day?

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About Sarah Darer
Sarah Darer Littman is the critically acclaimed author of Backlash, Want to Go Private?, Life After, Purge, and Confessions of a Closet Catholic, as well as the winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. When she’s not writing novels, Sarah is an award-winning columnist for the online news site CTNewsJunkie. She teaches creative writing as an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Western Connecticut State University, and with Writopia Lab. Sarah is also a member of Temple Beth El.