Bibliography-
Anderson, Laurie Hasle, Speak, Mandy Siegfried, Listen Library: New York 2006, ISBN-0374371520
Plot Summary- Attending a party high schooler Melinda is raped by a popular senior and calls the police. She becomes an outcast at school for runing the party. Melinda is so tramatized she can not speak about what happened and the ordeal haunts her over and over. A few postive people in Melinders life work to crack the shell. When Melinda can no longer take the trauma she yells out
Analysis- Anderson captured the listners attention in the audio with her interesting and personal plot. She really captured the feelings of Melinda and the listener can imagine the look on Melinda's face as she expresses her negative views " It was ugly but I'm not going to think about it" as a peer stated she hated melinda. Anderson also introduce Melinda as she comes to herself and realizes that she is not the cause of what happend to her when she surrender and say" not going to let it kill me". Anderson captured the high school scene perfectly. This audio book is very believable.
Excerpt(s)
" This is a gripping account of personal wounding and recovery" The Bulletin of the Center for Children's books.
" The plot is gripping and the characters are powerfully drawn" Kirkus
" the novels real power lies in the story of Melinda's gradual reclaiming of herself through the help of acompassionate art teacher, her concerned parents, and some caring students, and her ultimate redemption" Children's Literature.
Connections-
Activities- encourage students to write about issue that may have happened to them or someone else and how they reacted allow to share if they choose.
This book is a good resource to talk about rape, or drinking.
Related books-
A Separate Peace by John Knowles ISBN- 0743253973
Night by Elie Wiesel ISBN- 0374500010
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