Speak

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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.

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Summary: My heart went out...
Review: to this girl because I know that so many young girls today are having to deal with so many kinds of pressures that I didn't have to when I was growing up. The book made me sad but intrigued me at the same time. The character feels like she is invisible to everyone at her home, her school, her parents. She's got so much to say, but the words can't come out because she is scared..scared of what people will think of her, scared that her parents will find out an awful secret that she has been keeping for a long time and that nobody will believe her.
She gets the courage to express her emotions and finally...speak.

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Summary: Great read
Review: Finally a book that doesn't turn high school into a sappy love triangle! Speak is a rare find, in the sense that it's the story of a girl with real problems. Although there are no real big surprises, this book is defintely one that many can relate to.

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Summary: buy it....just do
Review: this book was fascinating. it is a unique writing style, and conveys melinda's pain and frustration. unlike anderson's historical novels, this one is gripping and heart wrenching. it goes deep down into the life that might as well be death of a traumatized teen. it takes the reader places they didnt know (or remember) existed. it is so easy to relate to with so many different levels present. even complete anti-readers will be intrigued with the openly "question authority" attitude. probably my favorite book right up with 'dancing on the edge' and 'go ask alice'

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Summary: ?
Review: I don't know what all this fuss is about. I read this book a while ago, and it's not that I didn't like it, but I didn't love it either. The language is kind of boring, it's not a 'read it in a day or else' book, you are not curious about the end or the twists that might happen... and so on. It's about a girl who goes through a frightening experience and loses her self confidence. I'm not saying I don't feel symphathy; it's just that there are many books out there that are worth reading and worth 5 stars other than this one. Don't waste this time unless you have no books to read other than this one. Or you LOOOVE stories with troubled teens. In that case, I would recommend Robert Cormier; not this one.

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Summary: I read "Speak" for a Summer Reading book
Review: Although the reader never actually finds out, it seems as though Melinda's next year of high school will turn out to be a lot more enjoyable than her freshman year.

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Summary: EXCELLENT!!
Review: EXCELLENT!!EXCELLENT!!EXCELLENT!!EXCELLENT!!EXCELLENT!! I love the book. It is my favorite book. Being 14 and this is my first year of High School, I liked it a lot. I know what it would be like to have no friends, its sad. Melinda is a cool person, Anderson did an excellent job on telling the reader about the thoughts that go on inside Melinda's head.

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Summary: Stunning.
Review: This was a powerful book, along the lines of Sights by susanna Vance, although there wasn't the story and humor to soften its theme. Maybe that was impossible, considering...