Speak

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Summary: Speak speaks to me
Review: Melinda is a freshmen is high school, and a total and complete outcast. She called the cops at THE event of the summer. No one knows why, no one understands.
IT haunts her. IT follows her. IT stalks her. IT keeps her mouth shut. IT scares her. IT haunts her. Who or what is it? Only the people who have read it will understand what IT is.
The only thing that can pull her through is art. Trees. Trees and art. And a chance.
Speak is one of my personal favorite books. I couldn't stop reading from the moment I picked it up. Melinda's experiences are soo real. Anyone can understand once they have picked it up.

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Summary: It moved me...
Review: This is a really great book, it has everything. It's written well, the charcters are believable, and a very interesting plot. This is the type of book that your want to read again and again. The ending is amazing...

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Summary: Speak
Review: I have never been touched by a book. I have never been emotionally attached to the main character, relating to them, crying for them, laughing at the things they think or say. Speak did all of those things for me. Its a brillant book. Truely brillant. The symbollism in it is also extremely simple to spot, yet still brillant. Theres no other word for it, just brilliant. You get inside Melinda's mind. You feel for her. The ending is so gripping, so perfect. She has to do a tree project in art and she just cant get it right. She has a tree in her front yard that has a dead branch, and in order to live the branch needs to be cut off. As soon as she realizes she needs to saw the dead branch, so to speak, off of her spiritual tree, she cant live and she wont get her tree for art right. The description of her teachers is hilarious and perfect.. Read this book. Its my favorite book of all time and ive re-read it millions of times.

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Summary: SPEAK...the best book i've ever read
Review: i absolutely LOVED this book, its just SO aweomse. i was exploring around my local bookstore and saw it on the shelf. i was so suprised with the plot, it really kept me reading. i've been trying to convince most of my friends to read it to. so far about 5 of them have. its a GREAT book, and i cant wait to read the newest one by Laurie Halse Anderson called Catalyst!

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Summary: Chilling
Review: I love this book. It draws you into the character's world, and you can't wait for something good to happen to her. So, if you are looking for a good book that's admitedly dark, but a great read, you so have to try this. You might just like it as much as I do.

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Summary: Speak
Review: Speak is about a girl who is going into ninth-grade with no friends due to her crashing an end of the summer party by calling the cops. Since the party she hasn't spoken a word to anyone. WHY? What happened at the party? Whats wrong with this girl? No one knows except her and one other person who won't saya word Andy Evans "The Beast". Find out what happened when you read speak.

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Summary: great!!!!!!!!!
Review: I think this book was a great book. i read it in one day and on my thrid time reading it. it keeps pulling you in and in no matter how many times you have read it before. you really get to know all the characters before giving you the juciy and makes you almost want to cry details.

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Summary: !! :) A Good Book :) !!
Review: Speak is the best book I've ever read. The story was very emotional and had alot of meaning put into it. The theme was a very important to the story and was important to everyday life. The story is told through the eyes of a troubled 14 year old freshman. She has many things going on in the world around her. She needs to worry about her grades dropping and how she is a social outcast. She is an outcast because she called the cops at a high school party after her eight grade year. She refuses to tell any one why and she has become completely mute to her parents.The story is quite humorus at times but the main subject matter is very mature. I would reccomend this book to children 12-15. I hope you enjoy reading the book Speak. I did!

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Summary: Speak
Review: The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was a touching story about a troubled teenage girl. Melinda had a horrible experience in her past and as a result ended up with no friends; everyone that she didn't know also hated her. She went into high school with a bad reputation. Throughout the year she suffered emotionally because of this. Melinda learned that her life could be improved if she tried harder. There was little to no communication between Melinda and her parents or anybody. In the beginning of the story Melinda was very depressed; she cut school, didn't do her homework,failed classes, and moped around her room. Slowly she began to recover from her hurtful past.I read this book because I heard it was a great story. I would reccomend this story to any young teenage girl.

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Summary: librarian in michigan
Review: I read this book to review it before it was put into our christian middle school library. I enjoyed the book, it had a great message and was a very good book. There is a mention about why she made the phone call. There is also some swearing in this book. My high school daughter also read it and we both agree this book is great for high school age readers.