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Gr 7 Up—Melinda is already a pariah on her first day as a freshman at Merryweather High. She involved the police in an end-of-summer party, and now everyone shuns her. Unable to tell anyone what actually happened at the party, Melinda withdraws more and more into herself. Rarely speaking, ditching classes, and ignoring school assignments, she spirals downward into apathy and depression. One of the few people to reach her is her art teacher, who helps her express with art what she ha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this new graphic novel adaptation of Anderson's Speak (rev. 9/99)-a powerful narrative of a high school freshman's year of self-preservation after a brutal sexual assault-artist Carroll starkly renders protagonist Melinda's pain and healing in black and white, expertly deploying visual perspective and tension to sharpen the emotional impact. As she withdraws...Log In or Sign Up to Read More