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Nicky and Mark, two 12-year-old boys in Marcus’s class, are the first friends he makes at his new school in London. When school bullies begin to target them because of their association with Marcus, they gradually distance themselves from him. Eventually, they admit that they no longer want to be his friend, which leaves Marcus feeling all the more isolated and different.
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Nicky and Mark Character Timeline in About a Boy
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Chapter 5
...who pose a more immediate concern. Skillfully eluding them, he tracks down his new friends Nicky and Mark—also victims of the bullies—playing with their Gameboy in the form room. But as...
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When the older boys once again target Marcus, Nicky, and Mark during lunch, hurling relentless insults at the “nerdy” seventh-graders, Marcus resorts to a...
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