Speak

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Summary: Excellent? Yes.
Review: Laurie Halse Anderson has left a permanent mark on the world with this book. Not only is it excellently written, but Melinda is quite possibly the most relatable character ever.
She will draw you in with her tale of being a lonely outcast, and will keep you there after exposing you to the torture and abuse from her fellow classmates.
Recommended to anyone who has ever been abused and left in pieces, never quite finding out how to place them together.

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Summary: "Speak" speaks out!
Review: This book was great!This book is about a girl who is an out cast for something that happened in the past that she is terrified of. She wants to avoid what happened but sometimes you have to speak up for yourself. This book really shows how it feels to be picked on and how bad it really can hurt.It may go a little slow in the begining but later, you wont want to put it down!

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Summary: Good Book- Bad Ending
Review: This was a really interesting book. I couldn't put it down. However, the ending wasn't that good. I was expecting something better. It just ends without much explaination at all. Kind of disappointed me. Otherwise it was fascinating...

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Summary: The BEST book ever writen
Review: This is hands down, the best book i have ever read. I read it so fast and continually read it to capture the allure it gives out from start to finish. As Melinda goes through high school with a cynical, outrageous attitude, it makes you think about your days in high school, the teacher who has gross hair in front of her face, the coach who is stern and had the neck the size of a football in itself. The perfect girls with good looks and better grades and of course, the odd- balls that we stared at. I loved how Melinda was writen, even though some of you diagree with what she says, you know you secretly thought it when you were younger.

What really caught my eye was how she slowly but surely gets her point across. She convinces you in a slight way and tells you her story peice by peice. I fell in love with every charecter and vividly recreated the chapters in my head. I love this book and hope that everyone gets a chance to read this witty classic that will go down in my books for years to come.

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Summary: Speak
Review: I loved the book Speak. It was about a girl, Melinda, who was an outcast and didn't care. I liked the book because I can realate to her and her feelings. She has a problem with not being in a group and being alone. She seems to always be in the wrong place at thye wrong and get blamed for everything. Melinda finally meets a friend, Heather, who wants to be popular.

My favorite part is were she finds the unused janator closet. She desides to use it as a hide out and make it look pretty nice. Melinda finds a chair and a broken mirror in the closet. During assembleys she would sneek into the closet to be alone. I just like that she never got caught.

The author of this book did a good job on the setting. She discibed stuff very vivididly discibed the closet. It made you feel like you were there. You could even see the cobwebs in the corners. Also the author did a good job with the charcters. She showed how teens are so worried about being in groups and how some just don't fit in. Also she showed how some can be so crew to people who are diffrent.

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Summary: Speak
Review: This book is probaby one of the best books I have ever red. The main reasons are probably that this book is reality for some girls. Getting raped can happen to anyone, at anytime, or anyplace. Another reason is that the author was very good at describing the emotions and feelings of Melinda after the incident. The biggest reason I liked it was that Melinda was just like me (minus the whole rape thing). She was cool and carefree.

The worst part was probably the two times the boy tried to rape her. It was both scary and sad at times. What ran through my mine was how could a human being do that to another human being. It was disrespectful and violating.

The author did a excellent job on describing the characters. Before Melinda was raped she had tons of friends and was the most popular girl in school. But after it happened she was a social outcast and was hated by others. Another good thing was the theme of the whole book. Melinda was trying to regain her pride, self-respect, and courage after a horrifying summer.

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Summary: Really, really good!
Review: This book is about Melinda, a freshman in high school. Over the summer, she called the police on a wild party, and now she's lost all her friends, and everyone in school hates her. With no friends, Melinda slowly stops speaking altogether, and in the end she has to face what really happened that night of the party. This is a really great book about a girl trying to deal with something awful that happened in her past.

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Summary: Great - No matter what certain people think
Review: This book was gripping, touching, and entertaining. I've seen in the other interveiws that a lot of people didn't understand it very well. This book isn't just about Melinda finally letting herself accept what happened (though that is the main part). At the same time, the author is showing us about Melinda's life and personality.

As a ninth grader, I have not had an experience like Melinda's (thank God) but I do understand her. Of course all the stereotypes in the book aren't completely realistic: the author is showing us how students often stereotype others. I think the book may have seemed exaggerated because it was told in first person, and Anderson was showing us how Melinda thinks and what she feels. And some thought that the sarcasm and humor in the book was stupid and pointless: as a (at times) sarcastic high school student myself, I found it entertaining and hilarious. Her descriptions of the teachers REALLY reminded me of some of my teachers, too. It was an excellent book that I enjoyed and could relate to.

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Summary: very interested in class...
Review: While in Summer school i met this beautiful english teacher who was in every way great. she certainly was my idol those 5 weeks. and then one day she announced she was going to start reading a book; "Speak." it was the greatest book i have ever had the oppurtunity to hear. i was so in tune with what was happening to the girl it was unbelievable. i don't want to say anymore but you should surely get this book as soon as you can. you will not be disappointed...

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Summary: Just Speak
Review: I love this book! Melinda Sordino called the cops at the end of the summer party. Now that she started Highschool everyone hates her. On top of that, she won't speak. If you wanna know why, just read this book, you will love it.