Book Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
A powerful story of a young girl in finding the courage to overcome her struggle as a victim of rape and bullying is very inspiring. In literary field, many authors try to portray the issue of bullying and sexual abuse in their works. One of them is in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Making her debut with this novel, Anderson marked her name as a best-seller author. Along with following novels which contain young-adult genre, Anderson was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association regarding to her contribution to young-adult literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(Anderson_novel) Speak begins with the story of a 13-year-old girl, Melinda Sordino as she went to a party with all of her school kids. The party that was fun and delightful turned into a disaster when Melinda met one of her seniors, Andy Evans. Andy described as an attractive and charming boy of the school. He used his charm to flirt the girls, including Melinda. Beca