Name: Speak (in English)
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Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 9780312674397

Type

Physical Book

Author

Laurie Halse Anderson

Publisher

Square Fish

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.0 x 13.9 x 1.6 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

9780312674397

ISBN13

9780312674397

Edition No.

2012

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Synopsis "Speak (in English)"

The extraordinary, groundbreaking novel from Laurie Halse Anderson, with more than 2.5 million copies sold, and the basis for the 2004 film of the same name starring Kristen Stewart! 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.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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(Nueva York, 1961). Autora best seller del New York Times, ha sido ampliamente reconocida por saber abordar como ningún otro escritor temas difíciles con humor y sensibilidad. Ha recibido numerosos premios y distinciones entre los que destacan el de la American Library Association por su significativa contribución a la literatura juvenil.

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