Tag: speak
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Speak Movie Review
The young adolescent Melinda Sordino arrives at high school feeling confused, depressed, and alone. Her school peers call her “squealer” because she alerted the police during a summer party after she was sexually assaulted by Andy Evans. She refuses to tell anyone what happened. Her depression and distance from people are made worse by the…
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Speak Book Review
I am Outcast. The kids behind me laugh so loud I know they’re laughing about me. I can’t help myself. I turn around. It’s Rachel, surrounded by a bunch of kids wearing clothes that most definitely did not come from the East Side Mall. Rachel Bruin, my ex-best friend. She stares at something above my…