(AL)-Speak-Laurie Halse Anderson-Non Fiction-198

  • Pages 1-23

    This is Melinda's first day of highschool. She starts the first day with no friends no one one to talk to, everyone hates her. People give her dirty looks everywhere she goes. During lunch she got hit with food so she runs to the bathroom, you can;t roam around the hall without a pass a teacher catches her and she gets in trouble, teachers already hate her.
  • Pages 24-32

    Melinda hides in a closet at school were no one can find her or see her. Melinda makes a new friend from that goes to her school and they go to the football game together. During the game someone asks her if she is Melinda Sorranto when she said yes the girl shouted out that she was the girl that called the cops on her brother at the party last summer. The crowd gets quiet and everyone stares at her now everyone hates her.
  • Pages 49-65

    Melinda's school debates over what their school name should be. Melindas parents force her stay after school to do work but she just stays in her closet at school. Melinda is decicing what job she should take when she is a little older. Her art teacher really likes her and shes her potentional in her.
  • Pages 66-73

    The teacher that Melinda hates might get fired because he was telling a kid what to believe in. The kid was going to sue the school for that. Melinda still wants to tell her mom and dad about the end of the year party she went to last year but she is to scared of what they might think of her.
  • Pages 74-82

    Melinda's P.E teacher wants her to be on the basketball team because she is really good at it. Heather Melinda's best friend wants Melinda to do a painting for her but doesn't want anybody to know that Melinda did it, so Heather can get all the credit, Melinda is alright with what she is doing because that is her only friend at school.
  • Pages 83-110

    Heather got a modeling job and wants Melinda to be part of it but Melinda is to shy to do it. This guy Andy Evans is always looking at Melinda but Andy is looking at her a creepy way and talking to her in a creepy way to. On Valentine's Day Melinda sees that there is a card on her locker she thinks its either from Andy or David Perkins. She keeps walking by it and when she finally opens it is from Heather.
  • Pages 111-140

    Melinda gets detention for ditching class and in her class is Andy sitting right next to her. After a basketball game David Invites Melinda to a party. She says no because shes not good with parties, but she is scared to be alone with him. She is scared because at the end of the year party she was raped by Andy Evans thats why she is scared to go to parties now and cause people hate her.
  • Pages- 141-158

    Melinda goes to the mall by herslef, white she was there she say Ivy her friend. Andy and Melinda's ex-bestfriend Rachel have a thing and Melinda is getting jealous. Melinda writes a letter to Rachel about Andy just to let her know. David helps Melinda with her essay that is due but Melinda gets in trouble because she didnt virbly give it she hadn't out copies and wrote it on the board. Later on David keeps flirting with Melinda ans she likes it but she is scared.
  • Pages 159-179

    Andy keeps talking to Melinda. Ivy has makers in her hair and when Ivy turned her head it got Melindas white shirt but of marker stains. Melinda oges to the bathroom and sees all the conversations about people. Melinda makes a new column that says boys to stay away from (Andy Evans) Also Heather is good friends with Melinda again after the fight they had.
  • pages 180-197

    She keeps tslking about Andy Evans. She is really scared of him and don't know what hes going to do. Also people keep hating on her. She is not liked by no one. People still hate her and don't like her because she callled the cops because of Andy Evans.