Anderson originally considered making Melinda completely mute, but said ".in this day and age that would have led to medical and psychological interventions. Melinda's secret did not become clear to Anderson until she had already begun work on the novel. 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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