What is friendship? Describe the important elements of Melinda’s relationships with Heather, Ivy, Nicole, and Rachel.Is there a relationship between speaking and listening? Can one exist without the other?.What roles do silence and truth play in the story? Discuss the title of the novel and its significance. Reprinted with permission from Penguin Books. To find out more about Laurie, visit her website at. Laurie currently lives with her family in Mexico, New York. Printz Honor Book, a New York Times Bestseller, and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Her first novel, Speak, was a National Book Award Finalist, a Michael L. Being a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer was a slight improvement, but she eventually quit to write books. She tried everything, including cleaning banks, milking cows, and working as a stockbroker. Laurie hit the real world with no idea of what kind of work she wanted to do. At Georgetown University, she majored in foreign languages and linguistics. Laurie Halse Anderson was born in Potsdam, a cold place in northern New York State where as a little girl, she pounded away at her father’s old typewriter for hours, writing newspaper columns, stories, and letters. This stunning look at sexual assault and peer pressure is presented in a highly readable form. She only finds it when its needed to prevent a reoccurrence of the same horror. Ever since she called 911 from a teen party, Melinda has quieted her voice, literally and figuratively.
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