the book "SPEAK"relates to real life situations for example: have you ever seen a person so quiet that they don't speak up for themselves and get taken advantage of? well this is what the whole book is about. melinda got taken advantage of, during the end of summer,and she suffered a lot so she became "mute" through out most of her freshmen year, we know that a person doesn't speak up because something has happened to them in their lives so they hold it and they also block themselves from the outside world.

this is melinda if you read my blog and you think your having the same problem and you need advice or someone to talk to then post me a comment or somehting, at http://melinasblog123.blogspot.com I also give advice for your information just saying..............

I remember the day i dissected the frog in biology class. It definitely wasn't the smell that had bothered me, but the fact that i felt like i was Andy. There i was, leaning over the speechless frog. Just thinking about it made me feel sick. And my partner David ?He must have been shocked when i suddenly collapsed beside him. Yeah...that David. I also recall him inviting me to a celeboratory party for the hornets winning the basketball game. up until then, i hadn't realized what kind of a paranoid person i was. There were many things wrong with me back then. STUPID ANDY.

"Life is hard and throws hard objects and you have to learn to get past them".This really fits me because last year I had a best friend and i lost her. Then i made another friend and lost her too. I learned to get over Heather but not really over Rachel, but i soon was able to communicate with her, which was a really great step up for me since i couldn't figure out how to talk to her all year long.

I don't want that hideous memory in my head. I'm just gonna write it... let it out....so that people will know the truth. I'm not hiding anymore. Not this year. i don't want a repeat of last year... a big fat white seed slept in the sky that night... I was still Rachel's friend and she had gotten me and my other used-to-be friends in a cheerleader party with pure seniors, beer, and music. I worried myself because i stared drinking. I just step outside for a few minutes and-BAM! i get raped by IT- Andy Evans, the beast.

what happend in my frehmen year!!!!!!!!!

I use to be a freshmen but not just a freshmen, a victim...I GOT RAPED and seen it happened. I was really scared so i called the cops. That's when hell came in. I was scared and people hated me but they didn't know the truth. I was a good girl, straight A student with great friends having the time of my life. When I got to my first day of high school, I had no friends, nobody liked me and I was going through depression. imagine a new school really big with nobody next to you nobody to talk to nobody to get lost with in your first day of school. on the first day i had a stomachache, a skirt i hated and the wrong attitude. i got embarrassed during lunch...i got hit with mashed potatoes and gravy. everybody laughed at me i got a demerit for running out into the hallway. and the worst was about to happen. IT was there IT was my raper i hated him so much i turned pale white, paralyzed through my whole body whenever i saw him.i find a sanctuary place were i can hide, block out the rest of the world from me in a old janitors closet.i tried telling Rachelle/Rachael my ex best friend, but she called me a liar. Her and IT were together. I didn't even know her any more.

I've just gotten through my first day of sophmore year. At least it was better than the first day of freshman year. I'm SO glad that year is over. Finally i can continue on without that beast swarming around anywhere near me. At least Racheal doesn't hate my guts. I feel like i can get along with her again. She hates ITS guts. Now i find that rich. I felt like doing a victory dance when i heard that IT transferred schools. Nobody liked him anymore. Anyway, enough of that...lets talk about something else...I saw Heather and she didn't bother to say hi to me. Doesn't bug me. I tried to be friend to her and she dumped out on me. I've got drama this year and it feels interesting, but i think that art was the class i'll never forget. I am learning to speak for myself. Last year, that didn't go so well. I got taken advantage of. One of my tasks this year is to speak up.