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anneshirley4u 's review for:
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Like Stephenie Meyer's Bella Swan, Laurie Halse Anderson's Melinda appeared to her in a startling dream. The startling dream compelled her to write this book which has been captured on film and rereleased in a glossy platinum addition. I am wracking my brain for what fodder exists in my dreamlife, but NOTHING. I will never be a YA starlet.
SPEAK is what my librarian pal calls "an issue novel." It chronicles a year in the life of Melinda, a depressed tween who recedes into the background of freshman year. She fails classes; she can't relate; she's limp with suburban ennui. She is all but mute. We know early on she is burying something, and that something is pretty obvious (especially if you peek at the catalog info for the Library of Congress). It feels strange to treat this as a mystery, but I suppose it is true to trauma and how a person pulls away.
This is decent YA fare. It echos this old fave: [b:Life Without Friends|228002|Life Without Friends|Ellen Emerson White|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183599146s/228002.jpg|2470598].
And remember, despite what this genre purports, we can't all blossom! Sometimes the ugly duckling becomes an ugly duck!
SPEAK is what my librarian pal calls "an issue novel." It chronicles a year in the life of Melinda, a depressed tween who recedes into the background of freshman year. She fails classes; she can't relate; she's limp with suburban ennui. She is all but mute. We know early on she is burying something, and that something is pretty obvious (especially if you peek at the catalog info for the Library of Congress). It feels strange to treat this as a mystery, but I suppose it is true to trauma and how a person pulls away.
This is decent YA fare. It echos this old fave: [b:Life Without Friends|228002|Life Without Friends|Ellen Emerson White|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183599146s/228002.jpg|2470598].
And remember, despite what this genre purports, we can't all blossom! Sometimes the ugly duckling becomes an ugly duck!