Sometimes Speaking up is hard to do. (Speak)
Anderson, L. and Carroll, E. (2018) Speak, the graphic novel. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing group. Spoilers Ahead! Melinda has been dreading the start of high school. It’s just as bad, if not worse than she thought it would be. She’s been branded an outcast, and people go out of their way to be mean to her or ignore her completely. She can’t talk to her former friends. Everyone is mad at her for calling the police during a summer party. The only girl who will talk to her is a new girl, Heather. Algebra is boring, English incomprehensible, and History is run by an angry, racist a-hole. Biology is ok, but Art is the only class she tries at all, and just barely. Her project for the year is a tree. She can’t seem to quite get it right. Finally, David Petrakis, who is also her lab partner in Biology, stands up to the History teacher. After that day, History goes along like it should, since...