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Book Review of Speak

Speak
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I thought this book was realistic and believable. Anderson gave an honest protrayal of a confused victim of sexual assault who loses her friends and is not close to her family. She deals with the trauma by not speaking. She only breaks her silence when someone else is in danger from the same offender. I thought this girl's situation - busy self-involved parents, quick-to-judge friends - was sad, but probably all too real to too many kids. This book would proably help someone in the same situation.