Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer who is famous for writing novels for teenagers and children. One of her novels, called “Speak”, is about the life of high school student Melinda Sordino, who suffers from being an outcast. This novel should be read by every school student as it describes the problem of socialization, adaptation and typical problems of teenagers.
To begin with, the novel is filled with sarcasm, irony and fear. The main character, Melinda, is excluded from all clans in school because she called the police the end-of-summer party. No one knows why she did it. She is an outcast; she accepts it. She perfectly knows what peers think about her. She describes them, with criticism and some regret in her voice. Rachelle, her