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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Author Biography

Name: Laurie Halse Anderson
Birth Date: October 23, 1961
Place of Birth: Potsdam, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: Author

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Biography of Laurie Halse Anderson
2556 words, approx. 8.5 pages
Laurie Halse Anderson became a finalist for the prestigious National Book Award with her first work of fiction for young adults, Speak. That 1999 novel won an array of honors for Anderson, the author of three earlier picture books for younger readers, fo...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Speak Information
1,156 words, approx. 4 pages
Speak is a 1999 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a teenager named Melinda Sordino. It was made into a film in 2004 (see Speak (film)). It was a New York Times and Publishers Weekly...


News and Journals
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University Wire
Rushdie speaks on art and politics of novels at Tufts U.
09/28/2005: 635 words, approx. 2 pages
University Wire 09-28-2005 (Tufts Daily) (U-WIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. -- Author Salman Rushdie poked fun at his old nemesis, the former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, Tuesday night. "One of us is dead," Rushdie said. Khomeini pronounced a fatwa -- a Muslim religious decree --...
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The Washington Post
Turning Novel Ideas Into Inhabitable Worlds; Orhan Pamuk, Honored by Georgetown, Speaks of a Power Inherent on the Page
10/30/2007: 965 words, approx. 3 pages
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk gave an impassioned political speech yesterday at Georgetown University -- but it wasn't the overt kind Washington audiences are used to hearing. The 2006 Nobel laureate, here to receive an honorary degree on what happened to be the 84th...
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Creators.com
ETHNICALLY SPEAKING
3/30/2008: 679 words, approx. 2 pages
Dear Larry: Our teenage sons (ages 13 and 14) got into a fight with each other after a church-sponsored youth outing. According to adult witnesses, they were really going at it with each other. We have addressed their issue of fighting, and I know we...
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Pharmaceutical Technology
Contractually speaking
4/1/2007: 1,200 words, approx. 4 pages
Unlike the traditional outsourcing of 'back-room' functions, many purchases of outsourcing services relate to 'representative' activities such as sales and merchandising, and other activities requiring contact with patients and the public. They tend to involve a supplier providing a visible workforce. The reputation of a...
 


Criticism and Essays
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 83%
Melinda as a Victim of Sexual Abuse
1,059 words, approx. 4 pages
An essay about Melinda Sordino, the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak, who is a victim of a sexual crime. Melinda exhibits a number of physical and emotional indicators of sexual abuse, and she pursues various coping mechanisms, both negative and positive.
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Essay Grade: 78%
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
885 words, approx. 3 pages
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a cleaver and an ironic title for a story in which the main character chooses not to speak. The story is written in first-person narration from the point of view of protagonist, Melinda Sordino.
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Essay Grade: 82%
Melinda's Jealous Personality
225 words, approx. 1 pages
Throughout the novel Melinda has a very jealous personality. Another characteristic that is strong in Melinda is her fear of most everything.


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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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