Summary Of Lily And Dunkin By Laurie Halse Anderson

Up to 43% of teenagers in the U.S.A. go through trauma. In Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gerphart. Lily is a transgender girl. Lily has to go through daily trauma from a gang of bullies who call her a fag and put her down for being transgender. Her dad is strictly against it in the beginning, but as the story goes she gains acceptance from him and most people in her surroundings. She finds her with her mom and sister and Dare, who is her friend. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is centered around a 13-year-old girl named Melinda Sordino. She was raped at a party over the summer, which resulted in her calling the police. She is faced with trauma and isolation throughout the school year. Both Melinda from Speak and Lily from Lily and Dunkin fight through the

She also starts to make weird excuses, like feeding the warthogs. In another scene, Heather introduces Melinda to some of her friends. One of the girls Heather introduces her to is appalled. As Melinda tries to hide from the people’s stares, one girl wants her attention. “Aren’t you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodgers’s party at the end of the summer?” A block of ice freezes in our section of the bleachers. Heads snap in my direction with the sound of a hundred paparazzi cameras. I can’t feel my fingers. I shake my head.Another girl chimes in. “My brother got arrested at that party. He was fired because of the arrest. I can’t believe you did that. Asshole,”(Anderson 27-28). The girl hates Melinda because of what she did. As everyone looks at her, she says that and Melinda freezes. It was an awkward moment and anyone would freeze if there was that much tension. To further make it more tense, another girl shares how her brother got arrested, making Melinda appear more like a villain. Everyone at this point has a grudge against Melinda,