From 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate Laurie Halse Anderson, the groundbreaking modern classic Speak is a bestselling National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature with more than 3.5 million copies sold.

"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication.

In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	208
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Fecha de Publicación	1999-10-22
Dimensiones	8.5" x 5.8" x 1.0" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Edad	12-17
Temas	Llegada de la Edad, Interés de las Niñas, Artes del Lenguaje/Literatura, Artes del Lenguaje/Literatura, Adolescente
Premios	Black-Eyed Susan Award 2002 (Nominee), Bookseller's Choice 2000 (Winner), California Young Reader Medal 2003 (Nominee), Carolyn W. Field Award 2000 (Winner), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2001 (Nominee), Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2000 (Nominee), Heartland Award 2001 (Winner), Iowa Teen Award 2002 (Nominee), Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2001 (Winner), L.A. Times Book Prize 1999 (Nominee), Michael L. Printz Award 2000 (Honor Book), National Book Awards 1999 (Nominee), New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award 2001 (Winner), Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2001 (Nominee), Sequoyah Book Awards 2001 (Winner), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award 2001 (Winner), Volunteer State Book Awards 2001 (Winner)

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Laurie Halse Anderson is the New York Times-bestselling author of many award-winning books including the groundbreaking modern classic Speak, a National Book Award finalist which has sold over 3.5 million copies and been translated into 35 languages. In 2023, Anderson was named the laureate of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is given annually to authors, illustrators, oral storytellers, and reading promoters "for their outstanding contribution to children's and young adult literature." In 2009, Anderson was selected by the American Library Association for the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature." A passionate spokesperson for the need to combat censorship and promote diversity in publishing, she has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English. Mother of four, grandmother of dragons, and wife of one, she lives in Pennsylvania.