Tuesday 6 November 2018

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson









Location - Syracuse, a City in New York State. North East USA.



I picked this up at Preston's uclan library as a way to take my mind off my studies. It was just hanging on a shelf as some kind of library promotion and I felt drawn to it. And I must say it's pretty good too.

It is the story of a young girl with a secret that has to cope with the pressures of growing up and surviving life as a 9th grade student. She is awkward. She has no friends and she feels very different. This book is funny in the right places and dark and thought provoking in others. It is easy to read and quite compelling. It keeps the interest right up to the explosive ending.



It has to be a 5/5 for me.






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