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Summary Of Speak By Laurie Halse Anderson: An Outcast

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In the book Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino, a 9th grader at Merryweather High School, called the cops during Kyle Rodger’s end-of-summer party. She had a good reason to call the cops, but because she busted the party, everyone at school hates her. She gets bullied all the time, and her ‘friends’ avoid her without trying to find out what happened. So, in the beginning of the book, Melinda is an outcast in the school. After a short time, Melinda meets Heather, who transferred from another school. Since Heather didn’t know about the party and why everyone hates Melinda, the two became friends. Later, Heather also had to try and fit in, so she joined one of the clans at school to make friends. Because of this, she finds

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