New Book “Expelled” Follows One Family’s Fight Against School Bullying — and a Daughter’s Expulsion at Age Eleven

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Anna Andrews has written "Expelled," a first-person account of her family’s experience with school bullying, built around what happened to her youngest daughter, Emma. Published through Christian Faith Publishing, the book is drawn from Andrews’s own household, according to the announcement.

The book centers on Emma, who according to the announcement was the target of sustained bullying that school staff did not meaningfully address despite the family’s efforts to get help. Emma took action that resulted in her expulsion and enrollment in an alternative school for behaviorally troubled teens at just eleven years old, according to the source.

From there, the book follows Emma’s time at the alternative campus, where she encounters other displaced teenagers, and what happens when she’s given a chance to return to her original school. That return does not go smoothly: the announcement describes old rumors and judgment resurfacing on her first day back, undercutting the fresh start she’d been hoping for.

Andrews frames the book as being about more than her own daughter. The announcement describes her account as also covering the effect on siblings, the strain on parents dealing with an unresponsive school system, and the isolation a bullied child can feel when adults in charge don’t intervene. "This book needed to be written," Andrews said in the announcement. "So many families are suffering in silence while schools fail to take meaningful action. I hope our story gives voice to those who feel unheard and shines a light on the urgent need for real change."

"Expelled" is available through major booksellers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store.

School bullying and the question of institutional response have generated plenty of family memoirs and advocacy writing in recent years, and Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as one family’s attempt to add a detailed, personal account to that conversation rather than a policy argument — its value will likely rest on how specifically it renders what the Andrews family actually went through.

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