Speak

Speak is book you will never forget. It makes you wonder about the other people around you. This book is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book has about 200 pages in it. There is also a movie about the book. It follows the book very consistently and doesn't change the order of the events.

The story that is told in this book is about a girl (Melinda) who goes to party with her friends and ends up being raped by one of the guys (Andy) that is there. Melinda panics and calls the cops but she doesn't tell anyone about what happened. Everyone at school turns their back against her and becomes angry with her because she called the cops and busted the party. Later on, the girl (Rachel) that she used to hang out with starts dating Andy. Melinda decides to tell Rachel about really happened that night and she decides to tell her that Andy was the one that did it. At first, Rachel becomes angry with Melinda and tells her that she is just jealous but, eventually Rachel believes Melinda and breaks up Andy. Andy becomes angry with Melinda that she exposed the truth and tries to rape a second time but doesn't succeed.

I really enjoyed the book and the movie. This just goes to show that people tend to judge before they get the facts about something that really happened. I recommend this book to everyone. Even though it wasn't a true story, the story itself made you believe it really happened.