![]() Her art teacher encourages her to speak up about what’s going on because he sees how unhappy she is. ![]() ![]() When Melinda stops socializing in school, she begins missing classes and her parents and teachers notice that something is wrong. However, Heather becomes jealous of Melinda’s friendship with her and tells Melinda to stop being friends with her. Melinda is befriended by Heather, a girl from Ohio. To escape the bullying, she goes to a janitor’s closet where no one can find her. Melinda becomes depressed and stops doing well in class. She decides that talking to people only makes them hate her, so she remains silent. She arrives at school alone and is immediately shunned by her peers. No one knows why this is happening except for Melinda herself no one knows that Andy raped her. When everyone finds out that Melinda broke up the party and got people arrested (including Andy), they stop talking to her or even looking at her in class. Afterward, she calls 911 but doesn’t tell them what happened because she’s confused by it all. He pushes her down on the ground outside and rapes her. ![]() She meets Andy Evans, an attractive senior boy who dances with and kisses her. Before school starts for the fall semester, she goes to a party with some friends and has too much to drink. Speak is a novel about Melinda Sordino, who’s entering her freshman year at Merryweather High School in Syracuse, New York. ![]()
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