Speak

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Summary: Speak
Review: This story is a very great book dealing about a girl dealing with high school life. She derscribes herself as an outcast because all her friends had left her all alone. Her friends had left her all alone because she had called the police to get help. Her friends just think about what other people would do to them if they were seen with her because she is known as the girl who ruined the party. They soon realized that she had called the police for a reason and it is becaue she got raped by an older guy who was also at the party.
This book tells me about what it would be like if I went to high school and how I would feel if i was this particular girl. This book tells me how to deal with life and what would happen if something went wrong. Most of all it tells me how to show care for the people that are being made fun of. It really gives me a chance to see how the outcasts would feel. Having to read this book had really made me think about the wrong choices I did in life. So as i finished this book, it made me look at other people in a different perspective.

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Summary: Speak
Review: Melinda just entered ninth grade in one of the worst situations concivable. Her lips are cut, her hair dirty, and she couldn't care less if her clothes are "in". She has no friends, her grades are low, and she's already skipping classes. Everyone hates her since the seniors' end-of-the-summer party when she called the cops and some kids got busted. No one even bothered asking her why she did it. They all just asummed her an enemy and proceeded in making her high school expierence as unpleasent as possible. In addition to this, she hasn't been able to find her words lately. Ever since the party, IT's been haunting her. She wants to forget. Slowly she's becoming mute and when her parents notice, they try to force her to speak. This book is gripping and you'll never want to put it down. Just when you're ready to, another twist is thrown in. I loved the character Melinda. You just want to reach out and hug her. Although I found IT a bit disturbing, I still liked the book. It deals with some problems that some teens unfortunately face today. I think any teenage girls would enjoy this book. I know I did.

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Summary: A real must for all teens; 'Speak', by Laurie Halse Anderson
Review: This story is a must for all teens. When I started reading it, it pulled me in and I couldn't get out much like quicksand), it's that good! It's about a teenage girl who becomes an outcast after she calls the cops and wrecks a party. The other kids at the party thought that she was only calling to get them in trouble. But the real reason was because she ended up in big trouble. It gets worse, especially later in the story, when her ex-best friend gets involved in it as well.
I really liked the suspense in this book. You read the story from her point of view,which makes it even more exciting. Everyone in my school, including me, has read the book and rated it five stars. You will too, when you read the book!

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Summary: Speak
Review: speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a great book about problems young people face today. The book had alot of drama and humor. This book inspired me to read other books by Laurie Halse Anderson. Melinda is a social outcast with a secret only her and Andy Evens know. It happened a year before at a senior party. Her friends abandoned her and she is not able to talk to her parents or her teachers. When she tries, she freezes. She is all alone. Speak was a good book because it was written very well. It won the ala best book for young adults. It was on the Fanfare Horn Books Honor list and the library journalist best book of the year. Will she ever be able to speak? Will she ever get her friends back? Find out when you read the exellent book, Speak

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Summary: To SPEAK, or not to SPEAK
Review: I read the book Speak. One of my friends had recomended it to me and we both like the same types of books.
Speak is about a teenage girl who goes to a party with her friend and something horrible happens. She calls the police then gets too scared and runs home.
Everyone in her school knows who called the cops and the girl is outcasted. She has no one to talk to about why she called the police not even her ex-friends. She does not know how to get what happened out of her head.
With all the different things this girl goes through, this book will have you guessing till the very last page.
I really enjoyed Speak and i give it five stars out of five. It really was an excellent book.

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Summary: Spectacular
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This is one of the best books I've read! Teens can actually relate to the situations portrayed. "Speak" certainly speaks to me.
The basic premise of this story is that Melinda, is a loner. Her ex-friends all hate her because she called the cops on a party. But they don't know what happened to her there...
As Melinda goes through ninth grade an outcast, her only friend is her diary. She relates what happens in high school in a sarcastic manner.
This story is a darkly funny drama that pokes fun at high school, but also causes you to think as well. A must-read!

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Summary: I never read nothing so spectacular in my whole life time!
Review: this book really do deserve five stars because its mostly true and heart warming and it shows how some young women or girls have to go throught life with the pain and the trama.

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Summary: So much to say but she can't Speak a word
Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is an enticing novel about being a teenager. Melinda Sodino, the main character, has just started her freshmen year at high school, but she is not quite like everyone else. She has a shameful secret that no one understands. They all hate her because she called the cops on a party, but only if they knew why she called the cops. As she goes through the year, her friends ditch her, her parents ignore her, and she has developed a very sarcastic view of the high school world around her. As Melinda becomes more and more silent with every passing day her only escape is art class, and even there she has trouble expressing herself. With a little help from the art teacher, and a great deal of effort from within, Melinda struggles to put her life back together, connect with her parents, and finally Speak about what happend at a seemingly ordinary high school party.
I think this book was funny and sarcastic, yet deep and dark. I connected with this book, and the author supremely kept my attention till the very last page.

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Summary: I liked the school but the big mystery was no mystery
Review: The writing in this book is good. I find Laurie Halse Anderson's style very readable. However, I had guessed the big secret before the third chapter, so for the rest of the book I found myself just sort of waiting for the resolution. I felt that the resolution, when it came, was good.

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Summary: new meaning
Review: this book gives new meaning to the phrase, your actions are louder than you words. Melinda's case, no one seem to be listening. Her parents don't see past their sticky notes and end up only torturing Melinda through their accusations that she is a weakling.Worst of all, Melinda is trying not to listen to herself but when she finds her voice she is able to save her emotions.
This is one the the greatest books ever written. It is awsome how the author shows Melinda's emotions through her art classes. Really makes you relize how people need to express everything otherwise no one knows.