The Resource Speak
Speak
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The item Speak represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Speak represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The first ten lies they tell you in high school."Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From 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. She is friendless, 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. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature
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- 9781429997041
- Label
- Speak
- Title
- Speak
- Summary
- The first ten lies they tell you in high school."Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From 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. She is friendless, 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. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature
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- Anderson, Laurie Halse
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- dictionaries
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- Young Adult Literature
- Young Adult Fiction
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- Speak
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- OVERDRIVE:bc065184-9617-4b8c-91b6-36edddd6c5c1
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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- electronic
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- True
- Isbn
- 9781429997041
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- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
- Label
- Speak
- Control code
- OVERDRIVE:bc065184-9617-4b8c-91b6-36edddd6c5c1
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
- http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
- True
- Isbn
- 9781429997041
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- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 1999
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2018
- trueCarolyn W. Field Award (Pennsylvania)
- trueClassic Realistic Fiction (Teens)
- trueGarden State Teen Book Awards (New Jersey): Fiction (Grades 9-12)
- trueGolden Kite Award: Fiction
- trueHeartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (1996-2010)
- trueKentucky Bluegrass Award: Grades 9-12
- trueMust-read Graphic Novels (Teens)
- trueNot Just for Teens: Graphic Novels
- trueOLA Best Bets: 2018
- trueRealistic Graphic Novels (Teens)
- trueSEE-IT Award
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 1999
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books: 2018
- trueSequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma): Young Adult Books
- trueSouth Carolina Book Awards: Young Adult Books
- trueSurviving Sexual Violence
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Book to Movie: Ripped From the Pages (2015)
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2000
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2019
- trueAmelia Bloomer Lists - Young Adult Fiction: 2019
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