Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
YOU DESERVE COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND HELP.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
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SOAR (Speaking Out Against Rape) www.soar99.org
NSVRC (National Sexual Violence Resource Center)
www.nsvrc.org
Rape Treatment Center www.911rape.org
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE
Copyright © 1999 by Laurie Halse Anderson
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eISBN 9781429997041
First eBook Edition : April 2011
First edition, 1999
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school.
ISBN: 978-0-374-37152-4
[1. High schools—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Emotional problems—Fiction. 4. Rape—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.A54385Sp 1999
[Fic]—dc21
98-31933
Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
(Series: # )