Roxy F. (tikiprincess) reviewed Excellent book for adolescent girls and their parents! on + 3 more book reviews
"Speak" is about a young girl's transition from childhood innocence to self-awareness. Melinda enters high school as the most unpopular girl in school, despised by complete strangers and hated by her ex-friends for reasons that unfold as the story progresses. The novel has surprisingly very little dialogue and relies heavily on Melinda's interior monologue, revealing an witty, intelligent, sarcastic young girl whom readers can, nevertheless, identify with and relate to.
While this book gives young adult readers something to chew on and think over, parents can also benefit from reading it. Melinda is a typical latch-key kid who spends very little time with her parents and doesn't have much of a relationship with them. She throws out signs of being deeply psychologically troubled, but they are ignored as being childish, immature, and attention-seeking.
While this book gives young adult readers something to chew on and think over, parents can also benefit from reading it. Melinda is a typical latch-key kid who spends very little time with her parents and doesn't have much of a relationship with them. She throws out signs of being deeply psychologically troubled, but they are ignored as being childish, immature, and attention-seeking.
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