From the 2023 winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, this is a powerful and enduringly relevant story of sexual assault.
A fiercely authentic, critically acclaimed and award-winning modern classic.'Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say.'From my first day at Merryweather High, I know this is a lie.Nobody will even talk to me, let alone listen - all because I called the cops on an end-of-summer party.But if I could only tell everyone why I called the police that night...If I could explain what happened to me... If I could speak...Then everything might change.'With the rise of women finding their voices and speaking out about sexual assault in the media, this should be on everyone's radar... Powerful, necessary, and essential.' - Kirkus
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A fiercely authentic, critically acclaimed and award-winning modern classic.'Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say.'From my first day at Merryweather High, I know this is a lie.Nobody will even talk to me, let alone listen - all because I called the cops on an end-of-summer party.But if I could only tell everyone why I called the police that night...If I could explain what happened to me... If I could speak...Then everything might change.'With the rise of women finding their voices and speaking out about sexual assault in the media, this should be on everyone's radar...
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Speak and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Speak features in the following genres: Crime & Mystery, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Graphic Novels & Comics, Gritty Reads, Recommendations, Featured Books for Young Adults
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Speak was written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published by Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Speak has 230 pages
Yes it is part of Bite series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
