“Speak is an excellent book for young adults. It's empowering, especially for girls. The main character is Melinda, a girl who is beginning her freshman year of high school after a traumatic experience. As a result of what happened, she is bullied and shunned by the other kids and has no friends. As the year progresses, Melinda sinks further and further into depression. Her grades begin first to slip and then to plummet as she skips classes more and more to hide out instead. Worst of...”

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