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Reader reviewed by Keshia

In Laurie Halse Anderson's "Speak" a teenaged girl named Melinda is starting her high school year after she lost all her friends when she called the cops in a party and got some guys arrested. No one wants to hear her side of the story and she can't even confront what happened until she finally finds her voice.

This book had another take on teenaged angst from an outsider without over doing it. At the end the final confrontation with what happened is great and the way she heals afterwards is too. I was happy with reading this book.

A great read.