Speak #2

The book "Speak", show you the struggles high school students deal with on a daily basis. We finally learn the main characters name and it is Melinda. Her and her family don't seen very close. They seem like they just don't really even talk. Her mom just leaves her notes telling her to order pizza. Her dad turns up the volume enough for the neighbors to hear. Plus, he drinks like there's no tomorrow. The good thing is she makes a somewhat friend. Her name is Heather. Heather, is a new student at her high school. They were both considered "outcasts" in Melinda's point of view. Melinda seems depressed and tired. She mostly just wants to stay home, but she use to be outgoing like her new friend heather. "She always walks around with me down the halls chattering a million miles a minute. My goal is to go home and take a nap." Seeing other people be this way make Melinda a little jealous and disappointed in herself. "I use to be like Heather. Have I changed that much in two months?" She wishes to go back to her old self. Some changes you'll like, some you won't. 

This book is definitely a teen/realistic fiction. This book is about a girl in high school struggling to fit in. Melinda also seems to struggle with home life and self esteem. "Two muddy-circle eyes under black-dash eyebrows, piggy-nose nostrils, and a chewed-up horror of a mouth." That is the way she described herself. Any teenager nowadays doesn't like something about their bodies. Society has this mind set of "you will never be good enough" that no matter what you try, you will never be good enough. I bet Melinda is a beautiful girl. She is facing the struggle of dealing with assuming teachers and ex best friends who are evil enough to ruin your first week. Every person on earth has that person who was their best friend and they're either a stranger or enemy now. This book is really going to take twist and turns.