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Speak Study Guide

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by Laurie Halse Anderson
About 67 pages (20,104 words)
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Speak Study Guide consists of approx. 67 pages of summaries and analysis on Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Browse the literature study guide below:

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  About the Author

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It's Melinda Sordino's first day of high school. She boards the school bus with a stomachache and a sense of fear. Her friends from middle school glare at her and she finds a seat by herself. Soon, she's the only person on the bus sitting alone. Arriving at Merryweather High, she is herded into the auditorium with the other ninth graders. As she looks around, Melinda privately gives names to all the groups of students-Jocks, Country Clubbers, Suffering Artists, Goths, Cheerleaders and so on. Melinda is all by herself, outcast. (read more)
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      Second Marking Period (through page 70)
      Second Marking Period (through page 92)
      Third Marking Period (through page 117)
      Third Marking Period (through page 137)
      Fourth Marking Period (through page 162)
      Fourth Marking Period (through page 198)

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