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Summary: The secret that tore her up inside and out
Review: I loved this book. It is about a freshman girl named Melinda, that is having a hard time beginning high school. The summer before her freshman year she went to an end of the summer party. There was alchohol and drugs there. She got drunk and went outside. There was another guy out there with her. He was a senior. Something really bad happened out there and she was so scared that she ran inside and called the cops. Rachel saw her calling the cops and when they heard the sirens coming, her best friend slapped her across the face. Melinda ran home that night scared to death. When school started, she didn't have any friends because of what she did. They all hated her even people she didn't know made fun of her and hated her. When her ex-bestfriend starts dating the guy that was outside with her, Andy, right before she called the cops, she tried to warn her but Rachel didn't care.They dated and when prom came up Rachel and Andy went she then found him flirting with other girls and talking to his jock friends and telling them that he was just using her Rachel heard the whole thing she then left him standing in the middle of the dance floor. Rachel also found out what he had done to Melinda and she then went and talked to her and forgave her. The whole school found out about it but they were on her side all the way. If you want to know more read this amazing book. It willl keep you reading till the last page!
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Summary: Tell everyone about speak!
Review: Speak is about a girl named Melinda whoso whole life went upside down after calling the cops at a summer end party. None of her frinds will talk to her and she is an outcast from the school. She has no where to express her feelings until she starts art class. It is a place for her where she can speak but say no words at all. I really enjoyed reading this book. It made really feel sad and angrey for the characters. It was one book that I never wanted to put down. It makes cry,smile and scream. I recomend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This book is absolutely magnificent! It's extremely powerful and heart-touching. It's a must-read. Also try Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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Summary: How was Speak?
Review: The book Speak is a wonderful book for teenage girls because it tells the accounts of a how a fourteen-year-old girl was raped. The main character Melinda starts off here first year of high school being an outcast who has no friends. She "ruined" the biggest party of the summer by calling the police. The reason she called the police was because a senior Andy Evans raped her not because she wanted to ruin the party. This book shows how Melinda's life is though her freshman year of high school. I like this book so much because I can relate to her, not that I have been raped but how other people my age live. The book also taught me a lesson to always be aware because some day I to could be raped too. I loved this book so much if you want a good read you should read it.
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Summary: It's hard for a little girl to escape a terrible memory
Review: This story is a kind of good book that adult should read. It realizes the society that women and girls are becoming the victim of rape. It is so hard for the innocent girl to get rid of the terrible memory after she was raped.Try to imagine that if we are raped by someone, what should we do after being raped and how we feel.The person who rapes another person is such the terrible evil that should be killed and get the very heavy punishment.
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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: I just finished this book and I thought I should get online and let you all know about it.... When I had finished this book I was sort of sad because I didn't want it to end. Wow! The girl in this book...Melinda...is a crazy chick. I love the way she thinks and how she explains thoughs that we all have and are to "cool" to admit! ...
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Summary: the dying tree in the art world
Review: i really love this book becase it teachs me about the real world not being perfect. so i should accept it and try to make my life happily. i think " speak" is not suit only children but also gives adults good idea. Cut dying part for survive. " Here we are is not the perfect world"
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Summary: This Book Stinks
Review: Our teacher is reading it to us and I am finding it very lame. I am a 16 year old female, btw, so this is supposed to be for people of my ages interest.....but....
For starters: It is very predictable to tell "what happened at the party" (a big catch phrase in the book) by page 75 Melinda has given you enough clues to figure out the big secret. Melinda also is hateful. She critizises "death junkies", cheerleader, "404's", and other groups of highschool students.
This is a very juvinile book. For a real story on rape i reccomend "When Rabbit Howls". This is a truly horrifying account of rape that drew a girl's mind to develop multiple personalities *has some explict content*
But yes, I found Speak very very very dissapointing.
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Summary: exquisite first novel
Review: I sat down with 'speak' and didn't stop reading. It was absolutely impossible to put down. Finishing a book in a day (even one written for young adults) is a rare thing for me lately, but this book will pull you in completely unaware. Told in the voice of a new freshman at high school, Melinda, the novel deftly weaves pathos and humor perfectly. Melinda is an outcast on the very first day of school. We quickly learn it is because she called the cops on a summer party, but it takes some time to find out exactly why she did so. Melinda struggles with what has happened to her by skipping classes, sleeping, finding a hideaway janitor's closet, avoiding, not speaking. But she soon starts emerging in her art class, where her yearly assignment is to create 'a tree'. Through her freshman year, filled with false friends, cruelty, and parents that she just can't connect with, she finally finds her voice in the end. The strength and courage of this character bowls you over. You see that she is struggling mightily with a great weight upon her. When the catharsis comes, you as the reader embrace it. This is the perfect first novel. I cannot find a single fault within it. The author nails the dreaded perils of high school dead on. As other reviewers have stated, it might make you think twice about the "outcast" at your high school or in any other situation. There are many secret stories held within; some will speak and some will not. This was simply an amazing book.
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Summary: awsomwe
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read! I am so glad my friend recomended it. The discription isnt all that good but the book is Awsome! What more can I say.
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