![]() When she realized that the crying was coming not from one of her sleeping daughters, but from her own mind, Anderson sat down to write a story. "I woke up one night-panicked-because I could hear a girl sobbing," she said in an interview. In 2004, a film adaption was released starring Kristen Stewart as Melinda.Īnderson said that the character of Melinda came to her in a nightmare. The novel has won several awards, was a New York Times best seller, and has been translated into sixteen different languages. The novel is written in the first person, and features a diary-like format with loosely connected, short chapters. The novel tells the story of Melinda Sordino, a Syracuse ninth grader who must overcome her depression and silence after being raped at a summer party. It was published in 1999 by Penguin Group and re-released in 2006 as a "platinum edition" containing an interview with the author. ![]() Speak is Laurie Halse Anderson's first young adult novel. ![]()
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