Speak

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Summary: Speak
Review: I really liked the book Speak because it wasent like other books i had read before. I thought the ending would be diffrent i didnt think the outcome of the book was going to be like that. i really liked it because my prediction was wrong and it wanted me to read more and more. It was a good book because it talked about changes about this girl life and how she couldent tell the truth so she had to start from scratch and how she had to be bullied by her old friends it was really hard for her even though she wanted to tell the truth to her freinds and tell them what really happend that day she couldent. she was a brave girl to keep that big secret to herself. I really like this book and i would really recommend this book to you.

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Summary: Speak
Review: The book "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson is told by a girl named Melinda Sordino. The setting of this book is in Syracuse, New York. This book tells about Melinda's year as a freshman in high school at Merryweather High. Over the summer, Melinda went to a high school party and called the cops. Now when she goes back to school, everyone hates her and her old friends won't talk to her because she called the cops at the party. It's hard for Melinda to go to high school because of what happened at the party and of a certain person who goes to her school. As Melinda goes through the year, she finds that it's hard for her to talk to people. She is getting in trouble at school and her grades are bad. Melinda is bothered by what happened at the party. She really wants to tell someone what happened at the party but can't find her courage to talk to someone. I think the author's message was that you should speak about your problems instead of keeping them inside of you. That was the situation Melinda was in. I like how this book is written because it tells you how Melinda really feels, you know what she's thinking and it's like being in her head. For example, "In my headworld they jump on Principal Principal's desk and perform a tap-dance routine. A spotlight flashes on them. A chorus line jumps in and the guidance counselor dances around a spangled cane. I giggle. Zap. Back in their world." What I didn't like about this book was that Melinda didn't even talk to her friends about what happened at the party. I think that Melinda should have talked to them and high school would have been a lot better for her. I think that this book would be enjoyed the most by teenage girls in 8th grade and up.

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Summary: Great book
Review: This book was great. In the begining it tells you that something happened to this girl named Melinda at some beer drinking party and you cant put the book down untill you find out what that was. She becomes depressed and despised when she calls the cops at that party. her frineds wont talk to her and everyone else at that school wont talk to her. In the end she conquers her fear of a guy in the book that "hurt" her, and defeats the anxiety of being alone and depressed. She gives hope to people who read this book. She will show you that anything is possable and to never let people walk all over you. It taught me to stand up for myself and to never let anyone do anything that they dont want to do. This was a great book and is worth reading.

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Summary: wow
Review: I read this book without knowing what a powerful emotion it would give me. It has a really strong message and is a great book except that it is very depressing but the author did an amazing job writing this book. It has a powerful impact on the reader and is definetly a mustread.

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Summary: Good but few flaws
Review: when i started to read this book i was excited because i love reading new books! then as i read it more and more it kind of got boring. It was really good though! you have to be pateint. if you are one of those people who wants the book to start out fast this isnt the book for you. this book starts out really slow! i think when you come to the end you wont want to put it down because i didnt want to! well all in all i think every one who reads it will like it

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Summary: Great book
Review: I did not expect this book to be so good. It deals with delicate subjects and the way Anderson writes is wonderful.

Melinda is the outcast after she calls the cops at a wild, beer-drinking party the summer before. Every one hates her and even her used-to-be best friends treat her like she is nothing. Melinda is depressed and doesn't know how to get herself out of the rut she's in. Her was-best friend Rachel/Rachelle starts to go out with IT, the boy who 'hurt' her at the party. Melinda deals with it for a short while, but finally, brings up the courage to talk to Rachel and tell her what 'Andy Beast/IT' did to her.

This book is amazing and you can see Melinda's transformation from "scared bunny rabbit" to a slowly strenthening girl. A great book. Worth owning and reading over and over.

~Atalanta

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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This book is amazing. When it ended I was ah struck and felt impowered. You can not put this book down, it will grip you from the beginnigng to the end. Laurie Halse anderson's writing is awsome, its funny and sarcastic.
Any girl can relate with Melinda on some level. Over the summer at a high school party after drinking to much Melinda is raped. In fear she calls the cops, but when she realizes what shes doing its to late they are already coming. The party is broken up, and now people totally hate her. What makes things worse is her parents are always fighting and they don't understand her, and the only one who did her friend Katie has decided to join the hateing of Melinda. This story follows a younge girls struggle throug everyday things while she tries to forget her rape. But when she sees her rapist everyday at school shes forced to come to grips with it. This book is great and allows you to follow a girls life as she learns to stand up for herself and finally speak.

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Summary: Speak
Review: Speak is a realistic fiction book about a girl named Melinda Sordino. Melinda is hated by her friends and everyone else because she ruined an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Melinda tries to go through high school without any friends and any guidance. She gets bad grades, scolded by her parents, and hated by people that she doesn¡¯t even know because of the party. Melinda convinces herself to completely forget about something horrible that happened to her the night of the party but it is taking over her life. Speak is a good book for teens because it explains exactly how hard it is to fit in and how you need friends to get through tough times. I enjoyed this book because it is funny and has a surprise in the end.
I would recommend this book. I¡¯m pretty sure that teenage girls would enjoy reading this book because it revolves around a teenage girls life and lets you understand how hard high school is. This book was a definite page-turner because each page was either funny, had a surprise on it or taught you something. I really liked this book and I am sure that anyone who reads it will like it just as much as I did!

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Summary: speakyourmind
Review: Speak is one of those great books that you read, then pass on to all of your friends. It was a truly great peace of writing, that made me laugh and, even though I admit this grudgingly, cry.If you were to buy any book this year I would recomend
Speak.

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Summary: The Inside Scoop on "Speak"
Review: The book "Speak" is about a 9th grade outcast named Melinda Sordino. Melinda Sordino lives in Syracuse, New York and attends Merryweather High, where her old friends and students she doesn't even know hate her because she busted an end-of-summer party, by calling the cops. But no one knows the real reason as to why she called the cops. At Merryweather there are the Jocks, Country Clubbers, Idiot Savants, Cheerleaders, Human Waste, Eurotrash, Future Fascists of American, Big Hair Chix, the Martha's, Suffering Artists, Goths, and Shredders, in each group Melinda is not wanted. The plot of this story is Melinda's battle against what happened to her at that end-of-summer party. I think Laurie Halse Anderson is trying to say that if something ever dangerous happens to you, you can't just shut up about it and let it haunt you, you need to let it out. The part I liked most about the book is the chapter called "Stupid Stupid" I like this part about the book because she's thinking about the two "Melindas" in her head, and I thought it was funny because she's having conversations with herself. For example: "That's what it feels like when I walk home. The two Melindas fight every step of the way. Melinda One is pissed that she couldn't go to the party." Also, in the book I don't like how her parents yell at her because she won't talk. I think one of the most common mistakes parents make is yelling at their child for not talking, it will not make your child talk, it'll make your child scared to talk, if anything. One thing I didn't understand in this book is why her friends stopped talking to her because she called the cops; they didn't even bother to ask her why she did it. What kind of "friends" are they? I think females in 8th-10th grade with any reading level would enjoy this book the most, because it deals with some of the same problems they face in real life.