Standing Up to Mr O Author:Claudia Mills To dissect or not to dissect... — Maggie McIntosh is crazy about her seventh-grade biology teacher and loves to impress him with her straight A's. But as the dreaded day of the first dissection arrives, Maggie fully expects to lose Mr. O's regard. There's no way she can cut up a worm. She decides that someone must stand up again... more »st cruelty to animals- even if they are just worms- and begins her campaign by walking out on the dissection. Soon, though, she realizes that protecting animal rights is a lot more complicated than just avoiding biology class. As Maggie struggles to clarify her position about dissections, she learns that the only thing harder than standing up for your beliefs is figuring out what they are.« less