Callum Manning: Online surge of support for bullied book lover
Authors, including his favourite writer, Caroline Kepnes, also sent him messages of encouragement and offered to send him copies of their books to review.
Callum's mother, Carla Landreth said, her son was"devastated" reading the original messages on the group chat after school on Friday. Typical messages had described him as"a sad weirdo" because of his passion for books, and although he could see the messages he was blocked from responding, which his mother said"made things much worse"."It has made him feel so good, and sends out a really strong, anti-bullying message - a case of who's getting the last laugh now."A number of celebrities, including stars of Geordie Shore, have also messaged him privately.
"It's just bonkers but in a really good way, that we've been able to turn a negative into a positive.""Yesterday I had 39 followers, now I have more than 85,000 - it's bizarre, but nice to know that people care." Author Matt Haig was one of those who offered to send him signed copied of his books as it had"instantly struck a chord" because he remembered"being 13 and hiding my love of books from some of the lads at school who mocked you for it"."Yes there are always going to be cyber-bullies but there are moments like this who swamp out that bullying with kindness."
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