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SpeakThe first ten lies they tell you in high school. Speak up for yourself we want to know what you have to say. From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end of summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and
The first ten lies they tell you in high school.
Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say. From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself. Speak was a 1999 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 10/22/1999
ISBN: 9780374371524
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.00d
Award: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Winner
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee
Award: Heartland Award - Winner
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Nominee
Award: Carolyn W. Field Award - Winner
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/13/1999 pg. 85
Booklist 09/15/1999 pg. 247
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/1999 pg. 1496
Booklist 11/15/1999 pg. 618
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2000 pg. 820
New York Times 03/12/2000 pg. 30
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2000 pg. 1340
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/2000 pg. 1361
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 92 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Booklist 11/15/2000 pg. 632
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 92 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 10/01/1999
Library Journal 12/01/1999
Entertainment Weekly 10/15/2010 pg. 78
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 32480 / Speak
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7
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★★★★★ 4
He loved it
Is it durable? Not at all. Did he love it? While it lasted.
Our dog is a monster chewer with toys so I go into every purchase knowing we might get 8 hours out of a toy if we're lucky, depending on visible durability. We don't even buy stuffies anymore because it's just not smart. He loved the squeak while it lasted, it's large so we never have to worry about him choking on it while running/being dumb. If you have a dog that will eat pieces of things as they destroy toys, this is not the toy for them. Ours plucks it apart piece by piece, but leaves the bits near one of us (LUCKILY!). If he didn't, we'd never buy this again. The missing star is just for lack of durability. Even for a rubber toy it felt like it didn't last very long.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2025
★★★★★ 5
I highly recommend and my dog loves it
I have a 80 pound bulldog who destroys everything he gets his mouth on. He loves this toy. He has not been able to destroy it. Not even a bite mark. He has to have this with him at all times (including during zoomies). I highly recommend it
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great
My dog loved it and it’s durable!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Reed review don’t really recommend
Did not last very long with my larger dog. And honesty it was destroyed in about 15 minutes completely, and when my dog was tearing it apart, the chunks were large enough for my dog to choke on, so I would highly recommend watching your dog with this toy if they decide to chew it and tear it apart, so they don’t choke so this could be a possibly dangerous toy.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Best fetch toy for aggressive chewers.
Great toy to play fetch. I have aggressive chewer, and this works wonderful. Not heavy, and is soft, not like hard plastic. My dog loves them, (I bought 2). The bright color is easy to find, when you dog misplaces it. The price was very good, and well worth it. I recommend this toy, especially for retrieving dogs.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2026