![]() ![]() Speak is the quintessential Young Adult book that all teenagers should read. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.įirst sentence: “It is my first morning of high school.” I received this book for free from Macmillan for review consideration. With powerful illustrations by Emily Carroll Speak: The Graphic Novel comes alive for new audiences and fans of the classic novel. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. ![]() She is friendless–an outcast–because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. “Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say.”įrom the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. ![]() Website | Laurie’s Twitter | Emily’s Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR (Macmillan).Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson & Emily Carroll ![]()
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