Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Melinda is friendless outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. She is hiding a horrible secret about that party, but a fellow male student, knows the secret as well. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself. Tags: Abuse, Art, Depression, Friendship, Outcasts, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Silence