Speak Av Laurie Halse Anderson

<p><b>A fiercely authentic, critically acclaimed and award-winning modern classic.</b><br><br><i>''Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say.''<br><br>From my first day at Merryweather High, I know this is a lie.<br><br>Nobody will even talk to me, let alone listen - all because I called the cops on an end-of-summer party.<br><br>But if I could only tell everyone why I called the police that night...<br><br>If I could explain what happened to me... <br><br>If I could speak...</i><br><br><i>Then everything might change.</i><br><br><b><i>''With the rise of women finding their voices and speaking out about sexual assault in the media, this should be on everyone''s radar... Powerful, necessary, and essential.'' - Kirkus </i><br></b></p>