Speak

Anderson, L. (1999). Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Melinda a soon to be freshman in high school attends a summer party in which she is raped. This caused Melinda to become withdrawn from everyone making her an outcast. Eventually Melinda speaks out about the rape and the rapist in an attempt to save her friend Rachel. She is able to move on with her life after doing this.

The lesson that could come from reading this book is sexual awareness and rape prevention. Anderson's use of the inappropriate sexual relations that took place between Andy and Melinda allows the readers to have a sense of fear along with other emotions Melinda felt.