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The book „Speak“ was written by the novelist Laurie Halse Anderson, who was born in 1961 in the USA and lives now in New York. There was a number of awards, which she gained through Speak.

Melinda Sordino, who’s 14 years old, decided to spend the evening together with her friends at a party. Everything was perfect until something disastrous happened, which made her phone the cops.

Melinda’s appearance is shy, coy and she’s not able to speak out what she’s on her mind.

She spent the last weeks of her vacancies reclusively. When school starts again she’s nobody to talk, because her friends tergiversated from her. Melinda’s an OUTCAST. She’s suffering from her loneliness until she meets Heather, who’s new at the High-School as well. Unfortunately it wasn’t a too long friendship.

Her reclusiveness rose and rose until she didn’t even speak a word. There were not many enjoyments left in her life, but one of those was art. She was good at drawing

After a while she took heart to tell her ex-best friend about the happening of the party-evening. As she told (wrote) her that she was raped by Rachel’s boyfriend, she didn’t believe her. Anyway, the information spread in speed of light, and she could finally speak again, which made this end a happy end (ina way :P)

Gosh darn it... Have I really been so innocent to believe this book was kind of exciting? I mean 200 pages, which could be explained in about 5 words. Though the story is topical it’s boring. There were moments I could hardly stay awake.

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If I hadn’t paid for this book I’d have put this book onto a bonfire… I mean I’d have slammed it onto a bonfire. But well duty is duty

Ofc you can’t always get books you like (never had the luck though)… Hope you enjoyed reading xD

discribe the main character-with regard to xD

Melinda was, before she called the cops, kind of a popular pupil and very confident. She belonged to a clan and had a lot of friends, but this is a thing of the past. After she had phoned the police because she was raped the world has changed a lot for her. She became an Outcast, she spent the remaining holidays in her house, she didn’t go swimming or anything else-she just avoided any human contact. Then High-school begins and all of her ex-friends let her know, that she’s undesired in the new clans. But then Heather, who was new there, joined her.

Her mom and her dad aren’t too caring. They just don’t talk enough with their child. My impression is that she feels disregarded. She’s only a few people left who she could call friends. There’s Heather, who cancels the friendship, and there’s her lab partner, who was named David Pertaki and last but not least her art teacher Mister Freeman. Mister Freeman is a very sensitive man, she feels kind of secure when she’s close to him. Her connection to the other teachers isn’t that good. In fact she hates her history teacher. He’s making a problem out of everything. Her English teacher, who’s called hair-woman by Melinda, is weird.

The most pupils on her school don’t like her. Whether they hate her or not why do people at the age of 14-18 throw around balls of mashed potatoes, I found that part a bit unrealistic. For some reason I think even teachers hate her. Rachel and her other ex-friends see her a bit different than the other pupil, for them it’s not just about dislike it is about hate and anger. Although her parents don’t have too much time to spend with her they love her.

The change was enormous. At the beginning she was shy, reserved but she talked. The near the story is at the peak the less she’s talking to anyone. But after she took the heart to talk to Rachel, her ex-best friend, about the happening positive changes were noticeable.

The End