Monday, March 14, 2011

speak: summary

I finally read the book. The book was very interesting and was good from the beginning but became more detailed and understandable towards the end. The main character Melinda starts out with a few close friends that she had in middle school but they fall apart and she is hated by them all. The high school party they got into thanks to Rachel black mailing her brother. Melinda becomes drunk from drinking so many beers and the "it" named Andy Evans rapes her. Her first thought was to call the cops! Everybody called her the snitch and other names. She has no friends starting high school at Merryweather and nobody payed her any attention unless she was being made fun of. She goes through losing friends, staying silent, and skipping school to being strong, telling someone that she was raped, and finally using the mouth/voice god gave her. The nasty dirty boy Andy Evans tried it again and this time she saved her self by parting her lips and screaming for help. She overcame the weak silent Melinda and became the brave starting new Melinda!

1 comment:

  1. I loved this book. I think many of us have felt like Melinda at one time or another. Good job.

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