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Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Genre: Young Adult
Length: 208
Published: 1999
Publisher: Puffin
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth. This extraordinary first novel has captured the imaginations of teenagers and adults across the country.
My Review:
My Review:
I give this book a 5 out of 5.
All of the awkwardness of high school came rushing back to me as I read this. I always felt like an outcast during high school (sometimes I do still feel like I'm always on the outside looking in), and that's exactly what Melinda is. Her friends hate her, even random people at school hate her because of her actions the night of a end of summer party.
The entire story is from Melinda's point of view. Instead of putting the book in chapters, the author wrote short scenes, following Melinda through her first year of high school. Many times she alludes to the unspeakable thing that happened which caused her to call the cops on her classmates.
All in all an excellent story of a young girl trying to cope with something unspeakable in a hostile environment. Definitely worth the read!
You can purchase Speak through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
All of the awkwardness of high school came rushing back to me as I read this. I always felt like an outcast during high school (sometimes I do still feel like I'm always on the outside looking in), and that's exactly what Melinda is. Her friends hate her, even random people at school hate her because of her actions the night of a end of summer party.
The entire story is from Melinda's point of view. Instead of putting the book in chapters, the author wrote short scenes, following Melinda through her first year of high school. Many times she alludes to the unspeakable thing that happened which caused her to call the cops on her classmates.
All in all an excellent story of a young girl trying to cope with something unspeakable in a hostile environment. Definitely worth the read!
You can purchase Speak through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read Speak? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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