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▶DebateFrank ErtesvågBulliedThe World of Aya SofieUtstøttA vulnerable college pupil hides during the breaks,even inside rubbish bins. She wants nothing exceptto escape being bullied – pushed in front of theschool bus, ignored, picked on. No one intervenesto help her, the school turns its back on her. Theauthorities don't want to know about bullyingwithin their non-bullying organisation.Non-FictionOver the last decade, Frank Ertesvåg has writtensome 100 articles about bullying in the popularnewspaper VG. Now, in this book, he describeswith great directness how life appears to a victimof bullying who has endured it from childhood,through the sensitive teens and until today, whenshe is a young adult. Observing her story from Aya Sofie's point of view, the book offersthoughts on why some become bullies, other supporters or passive bystanders – and whathappens to the young victim of the torment.Frank Ertesvåg (1965–) is a journalist at the newspaperVerdens Gang.84