Speak

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Summary: Speak
Review: Speak is about a high school freshman named Melinda Sordino who was accepted by her peers in eighth grade, but after a party during the summer she became an outcast. Melinda called the cops at the party and no one knew the truth, they thought she wanted everyone to get busted for drinking. What they didn't know is that a senior named Andy Evans raped her. She can't seem to tell even her closest old friends what happened and becomes mute throughout the year. The book is about how she deals with her life as an outcast.

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Summary: Speak
Review: Speak is a witty and inspiring book about a social outcast who has several obsticals standing in her way. Melinda Sordino, the main character, had a picture-perfect life with her group of friends and a close relationship with her parents. However, this was about to change when Melinda went to a senior's party. When something unexpected happened, she broke up the slightly illegal fun by calling the cops. Now, everyone at her high school hates her including her so-called best friends. Melinda's picture perfect world had come to a complete hault and her words failed her. The heavy burdan of what happend at the party was becoming way too much to hold in. Melinda knew that speaking the truth was the only way out of her maze. Colorful and raw characters add the extra sparkle to this gem of a story. A twisting plotline will keep you entertained and curious throughout Melinda's ordeal. Middle schoolers and highschoolers of all genders and ethnicities would enjoy Speak, a memorable and powerful story.

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Summary: Artemis' Thoughts on 'Speak'
Review: Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is one of by far the best books in the whole wide world. This story begins in the beginning of the 9th grade with a girl named Melinda. The story is just about her dealing with her enemies and her friends. Throughout the entire book she slowly remembers something devistating that happened the end of last year. Since what happened is so bad, she had been trying to forget, but the more and more she thinks about it, the more and more it haunts her. In this story the author is teaching the readers about peer pressure and bullies.
What I thought was best about this book, is the style that the author wrote in. The main character, Melinda wasn't really much of a talker. If someone would say something to her, the author actually showed a blank space to show that she was quiet instead of narrorating it. For example in the story, the author wrote:
'Mom: "I don't have time for this, Melinda."
Me: '
This story was written like a diary, from Melinda's perspective and all of her thoughts about what is going on at school home and with herself.
The age group I would recommend this book to is from the grades 7th until 12th. And I think that young females would enjoy this book more than males.

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Summary: Speak......
Review: This Was one of the best books i have read in along time! speak has a great story line and is a great book to read speak has alot of intersting parts to it such as the chapters name witch i thought were cool because they were not boring and plain on "chapter 1" But any way Speak Is a Book That consist of a girl getting raped at a party that she had called the cops and no body likes her in her first year of highschool she is afraid to tell people that she got raped. She starts of as a loser no friends a "loner" She get a friend and she tries to make her become some what more of a human being with friends but she never wants to particpate in any clubs or anything like that. speak is a great story and if youd like to have an intersting book to read read this one!

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Summary: Surprised
Review: The book Speak is a great book with many twists and turns. Its a great book for teens to read. It has many problems that young adults face, being popular, trying to fit in, trying to find your voice. In the book something happens at the end of the summer at a party that no one else knows about until Melinda finally has the courage to speak up. It is really surprising. I would have never guessed what had really happened. The charictor Melinda was a great one becuase you really think this could happen and it really made you beleive what was going on. Throughout the whole story you wonder what happened at the party and then at the end when you find out what happened you will definetly will not be dissappointed. Speak is a fantastic book that I would recomend to any of my friends.It draws you in at the very beggining and keeps you interested till the very end.

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Summary: Speak
Review: This book Speak takes place in high school and is about a girl named Melinda. Melinda in the summer went to a party and had called the police and now everyone is mad at her for getting everyone busted. Nobody knows why she called and now they are all mad at her for doing what she did and Melinda won't tell anyone why she called the police but behind everything there is something that actually happened.
What I liked most about this book is that it had a lot of the real life in it had mystery involved with this book. What I didn't understand is why she didn't tell anyone in the first place she kept it inside and became a lonely no friended girl. I think that most people will like this book because its its a mix of every kind of book you can imagine and you can also visualise it in your mind when your reading this book. Most teenage girl will enjoy the book because its about a teenage girls life and what goes on in her mind.

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Summary: Speak
Review: The book that I read was called speak. This book was about a girl who was an outcast. She had only one fried called Heather who only lasted part of the year. The year before she had gone to a party and was being harrassed. She didnt now what to do so she called the cops. The only reason she had a friend was beacaue she was new at school and didnt know what happened. She had bad parents who would talk to her by putting post-it notes on the refrigerator. She like this one guy at school but didnt tell anyone. He was a nerdish person. This book is a very good book for people who like journal type books and like to find out what will happen to the person. This book was probably one of the best books. You should buy it because you will like it.

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Summary: Speak
Review: The book that I read was Speak. In the story there was a girl who went to a party and called the cops. After she did that nobody wanted to be her friend. All of her old friends ignored her or laughed at her. She had very bad grades except she was good at art. During the time she had a friend called Heather but Heather becomes embarrassed and ends up not being her friend. She has parents who never cook and just leave post-it's every time they want to tell her something. In school she found an old janitors closet that was abandoned so she decided to make it her special place just for her. She is an outcast. The people who would like this book are people who like journal type books and like to listen to what people have to say. It is a good book for middle school kids and adults too. It is the best book I have read all year. You should buy it because you will like it.

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Summary: Speak
Review: I really enjoyed reading the book Speak beacause it wasent like other books that I had read before. I thought the ending would be diffren't I didn't think the outcome of the book would end like that. I really liked the book because my pradection was wrong and it wanted me to read more and more.It was a good book because it talked about the changes of a girl name Melina and how she had to go through big changes in her life after that day at the party. She coulden't tell her freinds the truth and say what really happend that night at the party that a guy had raped her and thats why she had to call the cops. She had to go through at school with evreyone hating her and she wanted to tell truth but she coulden't because she was scared. At the end of the book she realizes that she cant be afraid forever and comes out and tell the truth. I think Melina was really brave for keeping such a big secret. I really recommend this book to you.

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Summary: Speak
Review: I really liked the book Speak. It had a real life issues for teenage girls. The main character in the book is a teenage girl just going into highschool named Melinda, but somthing terrible happened to her at the end of the summer. She never told anyone what really happened so everyone began to hate her. Even her closest friends turned on her and stopped talking to her. Her family and school principal thought she was crazy because she never spoke, but she had her reasons she didn't speak. If she spoke what really happened at the end of the summer would come out and everyone would know the truth about what really happened that night. she didn't think that they would care but that they would just hate her even more. I think this is a very good book that tells a very important message. I gave this book 5 stars because of how inspirational it was.