Download or read book Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge written by Susan Richards Shreve and published by Yearling Books. This book was released on 1995-05-23 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering how a mean gang of bullies used to tease him for being held back in the third grade, Joshua sees the same boys teasing a new student and fears that helping will bring the attention back to him. Reprint.