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Speak, the Graphic Novel

Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse

Follett Number: 2705YC7
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Square Fish, Farrar Straus Giroux, c2018, p2023
Format: 371 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-25029-476-0
ISBN-10: 1-25029-476-2
Dewey: 741.5
Classifications: Nonfiction

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Subjects:
Emotional Problems Fiction
Graphic Novel Adaptations
Graphic Novels
High Schools Fiction
Rape Fiction
Schools Fiction
Based on the novel. A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

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The bestselling, award-winning modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel--adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and brought to life visually by Eisner Award winner Emily Carroll. "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 lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda 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--and refuses to be silent. The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book about consent, healing, and finding your voice comes alive for new audiences and fans of the original novel in Speak: The Graphic Novel.

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