Title: Speak Author: Laurie Halse Anderson, S. November (Editor) Average number of words per page: between 50 and 100 STORY: 51 readers have rated this story. Average story rating: 8.5/10.0 ILLUSTRATIONS: 51 readers have rated the illustrations. Average illustration rating: 6.29/10.0

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Story Rating 9.0 out of a possible 10.0

Book review by: Joana Maresh age: 12 Review submitted on 03/16/2006 at 21:45:43 list all 51 reviews for this book

Illustrations Rating 5.0 out of a possible 10.0

Joana Maresh writes the following about Speak :

What would you do if you had a secret you couldn't tell anybody and everybody thinks wrong about you because of one thing you did and they had no reason why you did it? In Speak, Melinda Sordino is going into her first day of high school without any friends and without being in any clique. But she used to, until she calls the cops to bust up a party at the end of summer. Nobody knew why she had called, nobody knew the real reason. She didn't want anyone to know. Rape is not a word that falls freely from the tongue. As Melinda struggles with the everyday problems of high school -- homework, cafeteria lunches, pep rallies, art projects -- all compounded by the secret she can't tell. She goes the whole year without any friends and nobody to talk to. She barely talks. This story deals with how it is in high school. Cliques and drama. Melinda tells the story from her point of view. This story is very sad and it keeps you thinking. A girl who is finding her voice. It is courageous and heart-breaking. I reccomend this to anybody who would want to read it. It is realistic fiction.

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