Dear Mrs Zrihen,
I just finished the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, My favorite quote in the book is "Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." from page 32. i picked this quote because Melinda didn't speak up about what happened the night of the party, she didn't tell anyone till she couldn't keep quiet anymore and it was killing her inside. That was the biggest mistake in my opinion that Melinda made.Two strategies i did before i read the book was reading the synopsis & about the author page. While i was reading i was skimming & scanning for the pattern of organization which is Special order, because Melinda describes exactly what happened first to last the night of the party.The genre of this book is non fiction and the sub genre is biography. The topic is outcast. The main idea would be friendless and isolated, it is stated in chapter 1. The three supporting details to the main idea would be. 1: outcast, 2: quiet, 3: being threatened. The essential message in this book would be never keep quiet about what scares you, always SPEAK up.The cause in the book would be being raped and bullied at a party and the effect would be calling the cops. Another cause and effect would be cause not telling anyone about what happened at the party and the effect would be outcast in high school and not getting the rapist in jail. Text features in the book would be titles, headings bold words italics and capitalized words.The authors purpose in the book was to Teach a lesson about going to dangerous places and the cause of not speaking up. In my opinion because Melinda never spoke up about what happened the book was called speak.Melinda should of spoke up before it was too late.The point of view in first person, since melinda was telling us what she heard, what she saw & what she felt. I rate this book an 8 because at times i got mad of Melindas actions or other people actions in the book, the way they bullied her. My friend Joelle Metsch recommended this book to me in camp, and i am very happy she did because i learned a lot through this book. I recommend this book to everyone i don't think there would be one girl that wouldn't love this book even when it's sad.
Sincerely,
Raheli Haliva
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