The author is Laurie Halse Anderson and the title is Speak. The characters are Melinda Sordino, Heather, Mr. Neck, Mr. Freeman, Ms. Hairwomen, Rachel/Rachelle, Ivy. The setting is at Merrywheather High School and at Melinda’s bus stop . Some of the things are lockers, food and notebooks. The main idea is that Melinda Sordino lost all her friends going to high school but she meets a girl named Heather. She also doesn’t get along with the teachers or her old best friends. But she does get along with the art teacher because he actually care about her. One way that she does to teachers are that she comes up with names for the teacher like one of the teachers she has Ms. Hairwomen which is her English