Speak

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Summary: Speak
Review: Melinda blew the whistle but she didn't blow it all the way. All she did was break the party up. Now everyone hates her and she's failing school. Now all she needs to do is tell everyone what really happened at the party. In the story Melinda knows what happened to her was wrong. She just doesn't now what to do next, no one seems to be there for her. I believe this is a very good book for young adults who like to see a happy ending to a sad story.

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Summary: One of the Best
Review: "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson is a book about an issue that is hardley mentioned but she broke the silence. This book kept you flipping the pages and literally pulled you into Melinda's situation. If you want to read a good book, read this.

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Summary: Entertaining Novel
Review: How does a traumatic experience change a young girls life? Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a realistic and truthful novel that shows how a once "normal" happy teenager is forever changed after a wild party. Melinda's world is turned completely upside down after she calls the cops while at a wild party. She is left speechless after she gives the operator the address, she is unable to tell them why she is really calling. All of her friends ditch her because they are mad at her for reporting the wild party. None of them take the time to ask why she called the cops, none of them take the time to find out the truth. Speak shows Melinda's struggle to over come the incident, and it describes the trauma she suffers. It takes Melinda a long time to recover from the memories of that horrid night because she has no one to talk to about what happened. Things finally begin to turn around when Melinda finds the courage to confront what happened and tell the truth to her old best friend. I really enjoyed this novel. It is definitely targeted at my age group, teenage girls. It was a very quick read and had a good flow. There was one thing that took me a while to get used to and that was instead of writing she said or he said after dialog, Laurie Anderson put a name, colon, and then what the person said, like a script. It was hard to read smoothly at the beginning, but towards the end I understood why she wrote it that way. This book taught a lot of lessons and made me grateful for what I have in life. It was overall a very good and entertaining read.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Speak is a great book.On a late summer night Melinda goes to a party and things are getting out of hand so Melinda calls the cops.On the start of Melinda's first day of highschool she realises that she has become an outcast.In this story she barely ever speaks.When she finally does speak you will not want to put the book down.This book is great and I reccomend it to mature young readers.This book teaches you reality and how things can really become.Reading this book might give you the chills or just be one of those books that you just can't set down.When Melinda speaks (to her friends)people begin to understand and she gains a lot of her friends back.You will be able to almost be inside Melinda's mind and find out what she has to go through every day of most of her freshman year in highschool.I really like this book because it tells you really how people can be in highschool.Melinda in the beggining has no self confidence and at the end starts building it up.Melinda was always quiet in the story and never stood up for herself so people felt free to nag on her all the time knowing she wouldn't say anything.This book has its funny times and its sad times but all in all it is great.I think anyone should put their selves in her shoes just to know what it feels like to be picked on or to need to have a true friend that you just can't seem to find.This book will keep you on the edge of your seat and you will not want to put it down for anything.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I thought that this book was really good because it really hita spot in girl teenagers. I hate what Andy did to Melinda, and I'mmad she didn't stick up for herself. But at the end she came throughit and was stronger.

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Summary: Speak- of a book report
Review: The book "Speak" is a very compelling book, about ayoung girl trying to overcome her tragic life. In the story, theyoung girl, Melinda, starts off high school as an outcast, because ofa party, that happened a couple of weeks before school started. When she had to call the police. This is not like elementary school, where people forget about what happens. Not even her closest friends believe why her when she says why she called the COPS. The whole story is about her being silent and finally overcoming everything and being able to speak. I believe that this is one of the most well written books, and well-deserving of its nomination for the PRINCE award. It had a mixture of everything, which is why this book is so wonderful. Just the way it is written is unique. It's kind of like a play. To me this book speaks of a girl in a semi-disfunctional family. And let alone this influence has on her life. And then her school life tenderizes my emotions about the way that she is treated. About being treated like I said before, her friends won't even talk to her and the person that did something to her at the party keeps messing around her emotions. In conclusion this book is truly amazing because of the way it speaks, as if the author went through this herself. So if you see this book at a store nearby, pick it up or if you don't want to buy it, ask a friend if you can borrow it, and after you read it, and it moves you, then you could decide on your own if you wish to buy it.

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Summary: One of the best book ever written
Review: This book is awesome. I suggest everybody of all ages to read this book, no matter if you are an adult, children, or young adult. This is a book that you can't put down until you are finished. It is a truly inspiring book that is written in a self-reflection style. It doesn't take a long time to read it. Many people I know that has read this book loved it. I believe Laurie Halse Anderson has written a powerful, painful, and deep book.

This is about a ninth grader called Melinda Sordino. Melinda has bent an outcast since her first day of high school. Her old friends won't talk to her. Her parents, teachers, and hardly anybody in her life are supportive towards her. People she doesn't know treat her awfully. As Melinda's life and future turns into a disaster, she starts to skip school, fail classes, and becomes a troubled kid. All this is happening because of one incident in an end-of-summer party. She stopped the party by calling the cops. This ruined her popularity. Not only was her popularity destroyed, but also something happened to her during that evening. Something she wants to get out of her head. Something that no matter how hard she tries to forget it, it still leaves a mark in her. Nobody is interested in finding out why she stopped the party. As Melinda becomes more isolated, she speaks rarely. When the truth comes out, an unexpected thing happens.

This book has become one of my favorite books. The middle and ending of the book was very exciting. The ending will make you want to read it over and over again. If this book hasn't been translated to other languages, I believe this should be done. Then people all over the world can read this awesome book.

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Summary: speak a powerful book to read
Review: the book i read was called speak it was a really really good good book and i highily recamend it to everyone more girls this book was a first book that i could not keep my eyes off it was a real page turner for me well. it it was the first day of highi school for milinda just by the beginning you could tell it was going to be a hard year for her so she get to school and and it gos bad on the day someone throws a spoonful of mashed potatos right on her shirt . she is so embarresd milinda (now ill be known as the girl who got mashed potatos thrown at her) and also everyday it is getting harder for her to speak why that for you to find out but she cant talk to her parent or her teachers she has sores on her lips why is it so hard for her to speak find out and read this book i guarantee you will be happy i wont be able to take your eyes off this book so read it and find out why this book is calld speak .

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Summary: My opinion on this book
Review: I thought this book was very well written. It expressed the views of a girl who had been raped very well. I think that it might of helped someone who had been raped to speak and to report it. If all of the raped women and men reported it we could get the horrible people who did it off the streets.

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Summary: Speak
Review: When I actually started reading this book I thought is was going to be some corny book about some girl who is unpopular because she called the police about a party..blah blah blah. I was wrong. This is a beautifully written book, about a girl and how her life is changed forever because of what happened on a late summer night. It had a wonderful plot that kept me on my toes until the end. Little by little the plot thickens until finally you realise what happened. I have recommended this book to many of my classmates and even my language arts teacher. All of them loved it just as much as I did. I hope you read this book and enjoy it like I did.