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Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson.
"Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows that this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and is is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In this powerful novel, an utterly believeable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312674397
- ISBN: 0312674392
- ISBN: 0374371520
- ISBN: 9780374371524
- ISBN: 9780141310886
- ISBN: 014131088X
- ISBN: 0142407321
- ISBN: 9780142407325
- ISBN: 9781448776900
- ISBN: 1448776902
- ISBN: 9780756970987
- ISBN: 0756970989
- ISBN: 9780142414736
- ISBN: 0142414735
- ISBN: 1404610723
- ISBN: 9781404610729
- ISBN: 1613834527
- ISBN: 9781613834527
- ISBN: 0844672920
- ISBN: 9780844672922
- Physical Description: 197 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2000. |
| Target Audience Note: | 690L Lexile Young Adult. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 7 32480. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 4.5 7. Accelerated Reader UG 4.5 7.0 32480. |
| Awards Note: | Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2000 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist, 1999 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | High schools > Fiction. Schools > Fiction. Emotional problems of teenagers > Fiction. Rape > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Realistic fiction. Epistolary fiction. Fiction. |
Available copies
- 24 of 26 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Nevada Public Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Public Library | YA FIC AND (Text) | 32770114639040 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
