Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won’t talk to her, and people she doesn’t even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that’s not safe. Because there’s something she’s trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth. This extraordinary first novel has captured the imaginations of teenagers and adults across the country.
For some time Speak flew under the radar until 2010 when it was challenged in Republic, Mo school by Dr. Scroggins. Speak was challenged in Republic, MO because it is 'soft pornography' and glorifies drinking, cursing and premarital sex. Other people including the author believe that this book prepares children for the real world, shows victims that they should share their experiences and that they shouldn't be embarrassed about what happened to them. Overall it also lets young adults know that rapes do happen and how to hand them if they or someone they know are caught in that situation. This books has a difficult content for adults and young adults to read but it is a topic that does occur and this novel is beautifully written example of how to talk about it.
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