What is the plot of the book speak by laurie Anderson?

Answer 1

In the novel "Speak", Melinda is isolated by her classmates because she got a party busted by calling the police. She was raped at the party and in shock and fear finds herself unable to say what happened to her when she calls the police, or tell anyone else. As a result, she no longer speaks at all and falls into a depression, although she eventually tells her former friend Rachel, to warn Rachel not to date her rapist. Rachel does not believe her at first. When her rapist attacks her at school and she fights back, the truth finally comes out and Melinda is able to speak again.

Answer 2

Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth. This extraordinary first novel has captured the imaginations of teenagers and adults across the country.

Answer 3

In the end of the story Andy tries to rape Melinda in he closet (the one in school that was her get away) but they started to get in a physical fight Melinda broke a mirror and put the mirror to Andy's neck and she yelled no to him, while all that was happening Nicole Melinda's ex friend Lacrosse team heard and found out the real story. that ANDY RAPED MELINDA AT THE PARTY AND THAT'S WHY SHE CALLED THE COPS. THE STORY GOT OUT AND SOMEHOW MELINDA TURNED UP TO BE A HERO! MELINDA PASSED ART WITH A A+ BUT HAS SUMMER SCHOOL FOR HER OTHER CLASSES, AND SHE TOLD HER ART TEACHER WHAT HAPPENED, SHE EVEN TOLD HER PARENTS. YOU SHOULD REALLY GO AND READ THE BOOK, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

Answer 4

"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson follows the story of Melinda, a high school freshman who becomes an outcast after calling the police to a party over the summer. Throughout the book, Melinda struggles to cope with the traumatic event that led her to become withdrawn and isolated, eventually finding the strength to speak out and confront her past.