#73

Speak

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Summary: A girl ostracized by her former friends talks about going through the motions of her first year in high school and working on an art piece inspired by a tragic even that she could never speak up about.

Personal thoughts: I remember what it felt like being ostracized by people in high school and even middle school. When I read the part about "Ten lies they tell you in high school" and one of them being "These are the years you will look back on fondly" I started laughing and said to myself, "High school was the place I waited years to leave!"

Rating on a scale of 1 to 10: Definitely a 10! It was so hard to put down! 

-Jessi