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Original Title:	Speak
ISBN:	0374311250 (ISBN13: 9780374311254)
Characters:	Ivy Hall, Heather, Nichole Smythe Burnell, Melinda Sordino, Andy Evans, David Petrakis, Mr. Freeman, Rachel Bruin
Setting:	Syracuse, New York(United States)
Literary Awards:	SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction (1999), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult (2000), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2000), South Carolina Book Award for Young Adult Book Award (2002), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2001) Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2001), Evergreen Teen Book Award (2002), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (2000), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2003), Lincoln Award Nominee (2005), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (1999), Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for YA (2002)

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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 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 it 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 Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable 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.

Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.

Present Regarding Books Speak

Title	:	Speak
Author	:	Laurie Halse Anderson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	20th Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	January 15th 2019 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (first published October 22nd 1999)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Classics. Science Fiction Fantasy. Space. Space Opera. Fantasy. Novels

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I liked Speak. For the most part.Mostly the end. The majority of the book was pretty bland. I had a voice in my head pestering me and saying; "Oh my god, who the fuck cares?!" Thankfully, it paid off in the end. The ending really made the book for me. Though I wish Melinda had given Andy (aka IT) a good kick in the balls. Indeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaXd2AmWtPI&a...I'm sorry, I'm having WAY too much fun with this! But when you watch it, it's actually quite close to a situation in the

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say. Speak, to me, is taken more as a lesson than just a book. A lesson worth reading and worth analyzing every little detail, no matter how the writing is and no matter how repetitive it can get. It's a short novel where the life of an individual is so much more, and worth so much more, but

I know. A ton of people liked this book. I'm giving this crap a one star though. I never did connect with this books main character. I finally was to the point where I didn't give a shit anymore when the big reveal came about why she was having so many problems. I felt somewhat sorry for her then but it still just didn't pull through enough for me.

4 Stars.Speaking. Sometimes its absolutely impossible, isnt it? Sometimes you are so filled with anxiety and fear, you cant even think of the words, let alone spit them out. And sometimes, life itself is crippling. You will undergo something that overtakes you, that consumes every waking thought, that fills you with fear and changes every aspect of your life and still you cannot talk about it. To anyone, whether you have someone to confide in or not. Melinda is that girl. She is a misfit. A

Just okay. I was particularly disappointed with the ending and felt that there was an element of glorification in this novel that I didn't appreciate. Let me explain:Although I loved the fact that Melinda finally finds her voice and a way to express herself, I felt as if the story was wrapped up a little too quickly and too neatly. Let's be honest, that ending was more than a little unrealistic. You can't simply put a pretty bow on the end of this novel, otherwise the entire tale becomes trite.

Well, I cant help but feel a little disappointed. I mean, the summary doesnt reveal much (kind of like Melinda herself) and so, obviously, I made my own assumptions of the plot. Turns out, theres no killing involved. Its not a mystery or a thriller; its a psychological story. If I had known before, I think I might have enjoyed this a tiny bit more.So, Melinda. Shes confused, scaredterrifiedand convinced that shes alone in this wide, animalistic world. Things are somewhat bearable, but that is

bleg. greg loooooved this book and said it made him wish he had written his own angst-books in high school, but i was a teenage girl and he wasnt, and this just didnt do it for me. its not poorly written at all, i just have never liked books that were about clique-y high schools because i couldnt relate to them at all. maybe i just went to a smaller, or a nicer, high school. but i can definitely see the value of this for a teen reader, and i really liked the authors note on censorship at the