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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: I just finished this book and I thought I should get online and let you all know about it.... When I had finished this book I was sort of sad because I didn't want it to end. Wow! The girl in this book...Melinda...is a crazy chick. I love the way she thinks and how she explains thoughs that we all have and are to "cool" to admit! ...
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Summary: the dying tree in the art world
Review: i really love this book becase it teachs me about the real world not being perfect. so i should accept it and try to make my life happily. i think " speak" is not suit only children but also gives adults good idea. Cut dying part for survive. " Here we are is not the perfect world"
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Summary: This Book Stinks
Review: Our teacher is reading it to us and I am finding it very lame. I am a 16 year old female, btw, so this is supposed to be for people of my ages interest.....but....
For starters: It is very predictable to tell "what happened at the party" (a big catch phrase in the book) by page 75 Melinda has given you enough clues to figure out the big secret. Melinda also is hateful. She critizises "death junkies", cheerleader, "404's", and other groups of highschool students.
This is a very juvinile book. For a real story on rape i reccomend "When Rabbit Howls". This is a truly horrifying account of rape that drew a girl's mind to develop multiple personalities *has some explict content*
But yes, I found Speak very very very dissapointing.
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Summary: exquisite first novel
Review: I sat down with 'speak' and didn't stop reading. It was absolutely impossible to put down. Finishing a book in a day (even one written for young adults) is a rare thing for me lately, but this book will pull you in completely unaware.Told in the voice of a new freshman at high school, Melinda, the novel deftly weaves pathos and humor perfectly. Melinda is an outcast on the very first day of school. We quickly learn it is because she called the cops on a summer party, but it takes some time to find out exactly why she did so. Melinda struggles with what has happened to her by skipping classes, sleeping, finding a hideaway janitor's closet, avoiding, not speaking. But she soon starts emerging in her art class, where her yearly assignment is to create 'a tree'. Through her freshman year, filled with false friends, cruelty, and parents that she just can't connect with, she finally finds her voice in the end. The strength and courage of this character bowls you over. You see that she is struggling mightily with a great weight upon her. When the catharsis comes, you as the reader embrace it. This is the perfect first novel. I cannot find a single fault within it. The author nails the dreaded perils of high school dead on. As other reviewers have stated, it might make you think twice about the "outcast" at your high school or in any other situation. There are many secret stories held within; some will speak and some will not. This was simply an amazing book.
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Summary: awsomwe
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read! I am so glad my friend recomended it. The discription isnt all that good but the book is Awsome! What more can I say.
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Summary: A Hauntingly Realistic Book for Teens
Review: Speak tells of a teenager caught in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong guy. It shows how easily a girl can be raped and then not fully understand what has happened to her, especially when the crime is committed by a guy that never lacks for a date. Another book that deals with the emotional aftermath of teen sexual relations is If I'd Only Known... by Edee Wilcox.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is one of the best books I've ever read and possibly my favorite book. The main character Melinda Sordino broke up the party of the summer by calling the cops and you don't find out ti'll later why. At school no one will speak to her and her sanctuary is Art Class. The portrayl of High School is accurate and funny. I laugh every time I read it. Even though I almost know it by heart. If you like Laurie Halse Anderson or just books about struggling teens in general. I would definitely reccomend this book. ~Other Books by Laurie Halse Anderson:
Catalyst and the Wild at Heart series If you like this you may like books by:
Louise Rennison
Megan McCafferty
Sonya Sones
Cecily Von Ziegesar
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Summary: Speak
Review: This book is about freshman Melinda Sordino. Over the summer she went to a party with her best friend Rachel. She called the cops at the party and now the entire school hates her. So when she gets back to school she has no friends only a new girl named Heather and Heather isn't the best friend a person could have. This is a great book. It shows how many teens struggle in high schools today. I felt like I was in the story watching it all happen. The author Laurie Halse Anderson does an excellent job painting Melinda's world so that you can see every detail. It has a lot of things teens can relate to also. Losing friends to high school, the struggle to fit in, bad grades, and a disenigrating family. And in the middle of this she is trying to draw the perfect tree for art, the only class she is doing good in this year. Hair Woman, Mr. Neck, David, Heather, Nicole, Ivy, Rachel, Melinda, her parents all memorable characters.
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Summary: all teenagers should read this book
Review: There's nothing more that needs to be said. All teenagers, and parents of teenagers should read this book. It touches wonderfully (with wit and raw emotion) on a subject far too overlooked in high school education and society today, and offers a character many girls can relate to and others could learn from. From someone who cried with Melinda, not just for her, I recommend this book with all my heart.
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Summary: There are hardly any words for "Speak"
Review: My English class never got the chance to read this book during the year, so my teacher let me take it home for the summer. As soon as I started it, I wouldn't stop reading. The author captures the reader and never lets go until the last page. The haunting story of Melinda is easy for teens to relate to, whether they've gone through the exact experiences as the character or not. Everyone has problems talking to some people, whether it is from humiliation or fear, and it's tough to overcome. This book is a quick read, but there's so much to get out of it it's not the usual young adult novel. The symbolism of Melinda's problems and the problems she has trying to make her art project (a tree, of all things!) "tell a story," is very clear and very clever. "Speak" is filled with so much raw emotion you can't help but laugh in some parts, and reach for the Kleenex box in others. And you'll remember the powerful ending for a long time.
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