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Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

197 pages

Melinda begins high school as an outcast after calling the police at a summer party, and barely speaks. Through art class and small moments she slowly confronts what happened to her that night and finds the words to name it.

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Coming of Age, Outcast Hero, Melancholic

Content warnings: sexual violence

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