thenextgenlibrarian 's review for:

Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

5.0

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Speak effected me so deeply that I didn’t think the graphic novel could match it. But it did. Adding drawings to an already volatile piece of work made it that much more powerful, in my opinion. I cried at the end for Melinda, as I did throughout the novel. So many students have been through this and not all make it out to the other side like she did. Many students might not pick up the novel version, but might read the graphic novel and for that I am so thankful this book was illustrated and written. I loved the black and white of the book because there was no color in Melinda’s life in the book. It matched perfectly.