In our class we just finished the book Speak. It is about a high-school student, Melinda, who is afraid to speak up about a time in her life that she is afraid of. She is afraid of people judging her, getting angry with her, and many more things that she is fearful of. Throughout the entire book Melinda is a silent girl in highschool, having a very little amount of friends who she can’t express herself to, and parents who fight on a daily basis. In the story, Melinda got raped from a senior, Andy Evans. They were all at a party one night and he got her on drugs so she couldn’t stop him. She eventually called the police on the party, and everyone got upset with Melinda for getting them in trouble, but none of them knew why she called the police.