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Speak by Laurie Halse

Melinda Sordino knows she is an outcast.   She called the cops on an end of summer party.   Her friends hate her, her enemies hate her, and people who don't know her hate her.   What they don't know is that she called the cops because she was raped.   She doesn't have any friends, until she meets Heather, a girl who is new to the school.   She also likes her art teacher who is nice and unique.   Her parents have problems and she really needs help, but nobody knows because she doesn't talk to anyone except for Mr. Freeman, the art teacher, and Ivy, a used to be friend.   She gets into a lot of trouble when she starts to skip school. Rachel, her used to be best friend, doesn't believe she was raped.   She knows that Rachel will probably tell the boy and then he might try to rape her again.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? -
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: -
Kind of sex: - rape
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - rape/molest
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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