Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth.

Speak is an amazing book. From the first sentence, you will be pulled into the world of Melinda Sordina. Her honesty will make you think and notice what is really happening in her world and yours. I understand how she became quiet, because I do that when I am upset. The plot of Speak does seem a bit slow at the beginning, but actually grows to be very entertaining and interesting. This book is also not a light read. I think fans of Stephanie Kuenert will enjoy it.