book review on speak

Speak is a cleaver and an ironic title for a story in which the main character chooses not to speak.  Speak is written in the mind of an introverted teenage girl, like excerpts from her personal diary during her miserable freshman year of high school. Instead of blending in and finding her way through high school. She withdraws and secludes herself from the other students. She calls herself an "outcast." Melinda is so desperate to hide from the world; she turns an old janitor's closet at the high school into her safe haven. She cuts classes to hide in her closet. How lonely could this teenage girl be? All of these characteristics are common in assault victims. Melinda has been seriously disturbed by something traumatic and doesn't feel comfortable talking about it, nor does she really trust anyone. Most teenagers wouldnt call the cops in an amazing party if something really bad didnt happen, but then again some teens dont tell most people about tramatic things that happen to them because the are afraid that they will be treated different. So instead of telling people what truely happened at that party she holds it in and deals with being an outcast and having no one to talk to or any clique to join. At the end of the story a shocking truth comes out and she tells her secret she has been holding in since that day of the party. I would recommend this book to anyone with a heart because it will touch you so deeply expecially if you have a similar story.

Pleasant Plains, Arkansas

I am from a little hick town called Pleasant Plains. They are all about farming and living the country life. When i'm in Pleasant Plains I see fields and barns, I smell dirt and I feel at home and comfortable. People in Pleasant Plains are all usually famers and work on farms caring for animals and living the great country life. When I lived in Pleasant Plains I worked on farms with horses, donkeys, and lots of other animals, and I never complained because it was very fun and everytime I go back to Pleasant Plains I go and work on a farm with my grandpa. When im in Pleasant Plains I go to the farm and play with the horses, I love horses, and its so cool how when I pull up the donkey will start breeing because he knows that its me in the truck. Pleasant Plains is where I call home and always will.