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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780141310886 |
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Awards
Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2000
Golden Kite Award - Fiction, 1999
Golden Kite Award - Fiction, 1999
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth. This extraordinary first novel has captured the imaginations of teenagers and adults across the country.
Review:
"An uncannily funny book even as it plumbs the darkness, Speak will hold readers from first word to last." The Horn Book
Review:
"Melinda's sarcastic wit, honesty, and courage make her a memorable character whose ultimate triumph will inspire and empower readers." Booklist
Review:
"Stunning first novel...Anderson infuses the narrative with a wit that sustains the heroine through her pain and holds readers' empathy...." Publishers Weekly
Review:
"The plot is gripping and the characters are powerfully drawn...its raw and unvarnished look...will be hard for readers to forget." Kirkus Reviews
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Average customer rating based on 7 comments:
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kelsi-rose, March 26, 2008 (view all comments by kelsi-rose)
I loved this book i read it like a million times and saw the movie to like hundreds more its a great book every one should read it
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Jeane, February 23, 2008 (view all comments by Jeane)
I have never been so tempted to turn to the end and find out early what happened in a book. Because it is all about the impact one traumatic incident at a party had on a teenager's entire year in high school. Not knowing the whole story, the other students hate or ostracize her. She's riddled with guilt to the point of feeling physically ill and fear and confusion sit on her so heavy she cannot bring herself to talk to anyone: parents, teachers, friends. The self-incriminating, melodramatic inner dialog reveals it all. Of the many books I've read, this is one of the most realistic (and bitterly humorous) pictures of what high school is like. Attitudes of teachers and students, cliques and popularity struggles, how pointless it all can seem. Some passages just made me laugh out loud. I thoroughly recommend this book. It's funny, sad, attention-grabbing (translation: I couldn't put it down) and short enough that no matter how tempting, you can make it all the way to the revelation at the end without peeking.
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bobbowler6, March 24, 2007 (view all comments by bobbowler6)
Speak was a great book. Melinda's sad tale will keep you reading tell the end. Laurie Halse Anderson is a great author who really know's how to show the reader what her story is about through word choice.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780141310886
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Puffin
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Schools
- Subject:
- High schools
- Subject:
- Rape
- Subject:
- Emotional problems
- Subject:
- School stories
- Subject:
- Children's audiobooks.
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Subject:
- Situations / Adolescence
- Copyright:
- 1999
- Edition Number:
- Unabridged.
- Series Volume:
- 323
- Publication Date:
- 20060420
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- Young adult
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 8.40x5.50x.57 in. .46 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 13-17
