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Speak
by Laurie H Anderson
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780374371524 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The first ten lies they tell you in high school"Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows that this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and is is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In this powerful novel, an utterly believeable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.
Synopsis:
After Melinda goes through a traumatic and violent incident at a summer party, she calls the cops and becomes a social outcast. Her freshman year is a disaster. As time passes, she stops talking--except through her paintings in art class. Her healing process has just begun when her perpetrator attacks again. Only this time, she doesn't keep silent.
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Average customer rating based on 3 comments:
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brittani, July 30, 2007 (view all comments by brittani)
One of my top favorites. This book is very well written, and I love how you are kept in suspence when wanting to find out what happened to Melinda. I highly recommend it.
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S.Elliott, May 5, 2007 (view all comments by S.Elliott)
This is required reading for every 9th grader at the school I teach at. It's engaging and well-written, with focus and attention dedicated to issues that accurately affect today's teens.
While billed as young-adult fiction, I think that every adult can enjoy and appreciate the narrator's voice.
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juju34, September 5, 2006 (view all comments by juju34)
I read "Speak" when I was in 7th grade and fell in love with the book. My teacher requested it and that's why I read it, because she has good taste in books. Well, every time I read it I would always want to know what it say's on the other pages because I just couldn't wait to turn the page .. I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. I remember one night I read 121 pages!! My teacher was very empressed. Honostly, I don't like to read but, this book made me change. The story behind this book is just fantastic!!! I could truly say that this book was the best book that I had ever read. It has a great moral behind it ... I'd recomend this book to anyone!!!
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780374371524
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Author:
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Adventure and adventurers
- Subject:
- Social Situations - General
- Subject:
- Schools
- Subject:
- School & Education
- Subject:
- High schools
- Subject:
- Rape
- Subject:
- Emotional problems
- Subject:
- Rape -- Fiction.
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Subject:
- Social Issues - General
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date:
- October 1999
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 198
- Dimensions:
- 861x576x81 80
- Age Level:
- 12-17
