Speak

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Summary: Spectacular
Review:
This is one of the best books I've read! Teens can actually relate to the situations portrayed. "Speak" certainly speaks to me.
The basic premise of this story is that Melinda, is a loner. Her ex-friends all hate her because she called the cops on a party. But they don't know what happened to her there...
As Melinda goes through ninth grade an outcast, her only friend is her diary. She relates what happens in high school in a sarcastic manner.
This story is a darkly funny drama that pokes fun at high school, but also causes you to think as well. A must-read!

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Summary: I never read nothing so spectacular in my whole life time!
Review: this book really do deserve five stars because its mostly true and heart warming and it shows how some young women or girls have to go throught life with the pain and the trama.

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Summary: So much to say but she can't Speak a word
Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is an enticing novel about being a teenager. Melinda Sodino, the main character, has just started her freshmen year at high school, but she is not quite like everyone else. She has a shameful secret that no one understands. They all hate her because she called the cops on a party, but only if they knew why she called the cops. As she goes through the year, her friends ditch her, her parents ignore her, and she has developed a very sarcastic view of the high school world around her. As Melinda becomes more and more silent with every passing day her only escape is art class, and even there she has trouble expressing herself. With a little help from the art teacher, and a great deal of effort from within, Melinda struggles to put her life back together, connect with her parents, and finally Speak about what happend at a seemingly ordinary high school party.
I think this book was funny and sarcastic, yet deep and dark. I connected with this book, and the author supremely kept my attention till the very last page.

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Summary: I liked the school but the big mystery was no mystery
Review: The writing in this book is good. I find Laurie Halse Anderson's style very readable. However, I had guessed the big secret before the third chapter, so for the rest of the book I found myself just sort of waiting for the resolution. I felt that the resolution, when it came, was good.

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Summary: new meaning
Review: this book gives new meaning to the phrase, your actions are louder than you words. Melinda's case, no one seem to be listening. Her parents don't see past their sticky notes and end up only torturing Melinda through their accusations that she is a weakling.Worst of all, Melinda is trying not to listen to herself but when she finds her voice she is able to save her emotions.
This is one the the greatest books ever written. It is awsome how the author shows Melinda's emotions through her art classes. Really makes you relize how people need to express everything otherwise no one knows.

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Summary: A realistic book about young people
Review: As a public school teacher, I see kids like the ones portrayed in Speak on a daily basis. Anderson has captured the attitudes and behaviors of young adults in a realistic fashion. This is a great book. I am planning on using it as a classroom unit soon.

Rating:
Summary: A great book
Review: This is a fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone, especially if you are in your first year of high school. It will smack you in the face with a realization of the harsh world of high school cliques. You'll most likely be able to relate to what Melinda says, but even she hides her own feelings from herself. A must-read.

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Summary: abot speak
Review: It is about a girl who goes to a party one summer and something happens,but then when she goes back to school
after that summer everything changes,she loses all her friends. When she finally thinks she made a friend she loses her too.To find out what happend over that summer read the book speak

Rating:
Summary: Speak
Review: In the novel, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino, a 9th grader at
Merryweather High School, lets us into her dark world of regrets, frustration, and fear. After unintentionally breaking up an end-of-summer party, Melinda's friends ostracize her without even questioning what really happened that night. As Melinda gradually slips into depression, no one seems to notice or care--including her parents. This story carries us along through Melinda's struggles, both internal and external, allowing us to hear her most inner-thoughts.
I really enjoyed this book because it gave a realistic prospective to high school. While keeping us attentive by being comical, it really connected us to Melinda, making us feel her frustration. I would recommend this book to everyone.

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Summary: A Throught-provoking story
Review: It's her first day of high school and Melinda Sordino has become a social outcast. Her friends from middle school either hate her or ignore her, and people she doesn't even know push her around because she called the police during the hottest end-of-the-summer party. She almost becomes totally mute; trying to recede into the background as her life slowly begins to fall apart around her. On top of her failing grades, silence, and social misfortune, she keeps a dark secret buried deep within her mind. A secret so powerful, it slowly began to kill her.

This was overall a good story. I would recommend that all teenagers should read this thought-provoking and intriguing novel with a powerful message for everybody.