The book “Speak,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl named Melinda Sordino who is starting her freshman year in high school. She’s had something horrible done to her, however, she won’t tell anyone what happened. During a party before school starts, a junior named Andy Evans raped her. When she calls the police, but she can’t bring herself to tell them what happened. During her phone call with the police, another person sees her and all her friends and everyone at the party begins to hate her. On the first day of school, none of her old friends will talk to her, and her ex-best friend Rachel despises her. The only person who speaks to her is a new student named Heather. Heather wants to join many clubs and be active in school, but Melinda
