Speak
20th Anniversary Edition
"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 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 it 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…
$24.00
January 9, 2007
Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and new adults. Combined, her books have sold more than eight million copies. She has been twice nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists, and Chains was short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Laurie was selected by the American Library Association for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award and has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English.
In addition to combating censorship, Laurie regularly speaks about the need for diversity in publishing and is a member of…
Rebellion 1776
Laurie Halse Anderson
Forge
Laurie Halse Anderson
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott; introduction by Laurie Halse Anderson
Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
SHOUT
Laurie Halse Anderson
Left Behind
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Laurie Halse Anderson
Treading Water
Laurie Halse Anderson
Helping Hands
Laurie Halse Anderson
Acting Out
Laurie Halse Anderson
Masks
Laurie Halse Anderson
End of the Race
Laurie Halse Anderson
New Beginnings
Laurie Halse Anderson