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I am writing to you because I recently read your book Speak, and I wanted you to know how I feel and what I have learned. I also have a couple of questions about some specific characters and sections of the book. To begin with, I really enjoyed reading your book because I felt like I could connect with the main character Melinda. I’m also a freshmen in highschool, so I see the same issues happen to people around me that Melinda sees or struggles with. It can be scary as a freshmen knowing you’re the youngest in the school, and Melinda came across as afraid. There can be a lot of drama in high school about which girls you are friends with and who you hang out with. After Melinda called the police and busted a summer party, many students don’t like her anymore, and some even bully her. She lost all of her old friends and has a hard time making new friends because everyone is still mad at her. This is relatable because many girls change who they are friends with over the years. I feel any freshmen girl could also relate to Melinda from …show more content…

You describe all of the characters so well that I was able to make a mental picture of each one while reading. I don’t normally like to read, but I enjoyed reading this book. As I mentioned before, I thought it made the plot more interesting how the problems and characteristics of some of the main characters were relatable and similar to how school is today. I thought the way you decided to write the book was also cool. Each chapter was short and the setting constantly changed, so it made reading it more interesting. I felt that it was suspenseful at moments, especially when IT came into the story. As a reader, I wanted to know who he was and why Melinda was so afraid of him or didn’t want to be near him. It wasn’t until the very end that we I found out who he was and what he did to her. Every time you mentioned IT, I was so curious who he was, but I think it made the ending more

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