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Book Review of Speak

Speak
Speak
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
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Contemporary Teen Fiction. Melinda starts High School as a pariah. Over the summer, she attended a party with older teens, and ended up calling the police. Now, none of her friends will talk to her. She is withdrawn, she refuses to speak, and her grades plummet. As Melinda's narrative of her first year continues, we slowly learn what happened to her at that party. Awesome book.