Think Before You Speak

At this point in the book Melinda starts to open up and accept what has happened in her past. By this part of the book if you're not interested then something is wrong with you. Speak really captivates the moment. An example is when her old friend starts to date Andy Evans. Melinda was scared because Andy Evans raped her at the party. Naturally you would want to warn a friend about something like this. That's precisely what Melinda does. She see's Rachel in the library the next day and passes notes to her about Andy. Melinda did the right thing by telling her old friend about this bad guy in her life to prevent her from getting hurt later on. Rachel at first doesn't believe Melinda about the rape until she says Andy did it. The following week
I was absolutely lost at this point because I thought that I knew where the story was going. Although Andy was there because Melinda had told Rachel about what had happened at the party that night. As Andy locked the door Melinda turned around and was scared. He tried to rape her again but Melinda screamed and fought back this time. As she was screaming the lacrosse team heard her and managed to get Andy off of her. On the final day of school she is sitting in art class doing her yearlong project. When she finishes she turns it in to Mr. Freeman who gives her an A. Mr. Freeman tells her that he knows she has been through a lot. Melinda feels good talking to Mr. Freeman so she decides to tell him the whole story about what happened that night at the party. The ending to Speak took a wild turn at the end but overall was a good read. After reading this book you see a totally different person. At the beginning she was really shy and tried to distance herself from other people. Now she is not shy at all, her friends all like her now. The transformation that happened during this story was breathtaking. I think this book is for everyone. If you haven't read Speak I recommend you