From her first moment at Merryweather High, Melinda Sordino knows
she's an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling
the cops - a major infraction in high-school society - so her old
friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't know
glare at her. No one knows why she called the police, and she
can't get out the words to explain. So she retreats into her
head, where the lies and hypocrisies of high school stand in stark
relief to her own silence. But it's not so comfortable in her
head, either - there's something banging around in there that
she doesn't want to think about. But, try as she might, it just
won't go away...
A stunning first novel... Anderson infuses the narrative with a wit that sustains the heroine through her pain and holds readers' empathy. The book's overall gritty realism and Melinda's hard-won metamorphosis will leave readers touched and inspired. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Nails the high school experience cold. An uncannily funny book even as it plumbs the darkness, Speak will hold readers from first word to last. -- THE HORN BOOK The plot is gripping and the characters are powerfully drawn, but it is its raw and unvarnished look at the dynamics of the high school experience that makes this a novel that will be hard for readers to forget. -- KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Strong and searching novels that cover very difficult scenarios...The humanity of the protagonist really shines through in the expert characterisation and writing, making these novels really challenge the reader's empathy. I would strongly recommend these stark and thought provoking titles.' -- The Bookseller, 13th April 2001 'Anderson has produced an outstanding book which invites the reader's admiration and empathy ... The power of Speak to evoke a positive response in spite of harrowing realism lies in Anderson's poetic prose and witty first person narration.' -- BfK, July 2001 'Highly recommended.' -- THE SCOTSMAN
"A stunning first novel... Anderson infuses the narrative with a wit that sustains the heroine through her pain and holds readers' empathy. The book's overall gritty realism and Melinda's hard-won metamorphosis will leave readers touched and inspired." (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)
Laurie Halse Anderson, geboren 1961 in Potsdam, lebt in New York. Sie studierte Sprachen und Sprachwissenschaft und war eine erfolgreiche Journalistin, bevor sie beschloss, halbtags als Buchhändlerin zu arbeiten, um genügend Zeit für ihr literarisches Schreiben zu haben.
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Ich habe mich dafür entschieden das buch in englisch zu lesen und hatte keine probleme damit, ich finde das buch ist einfach geschrieben.
Es ist eines der besten bücher die ich je gelesen habe, man kann sich sehr gut in die hauptperson hineinfühlen und teilt bald ihre Ängste und Sorgen! Ich kann das Buch nur weiterentfehlen...
