Speak paqes 4O - 8O

Summary:
Melinda's parents confront her about her bad grades, she doesn't speak. As she gets up and goes to her room the begin to argue with each other. She tries to pay attention in Biology class the next day. Melinda's lab partner is David Petrakis. Melinda arrives late to her Algebra class, she gives the teacher a pass that she forged from her stolen pass book. She doesn't understand Algebra, just as everyone else in her class. Melinda's math teacher asks her to go up to the board and solve a problem, when she gets up there she freezes. Melinda's math teacher then asks Rachel to help her' while Melinda feels like her head is going to explode because of her and Rachel's unsolved issues. It is now Halloween, Melinda's parents tells her that she is too old to go 'trick or treating', she pretends to be upset about it and stomps off to her room, when in actuality she is happy that she doesnt have to go out. The kids in her spanish class teases Melinda calling her Me-no-linda, meaning I'm not pretty. The kids call her that for the rest of the class. Melinda leaves Heather in a room with to other girls but Melinda decideds to stand at the door and listen to their conversation. The two girls tell Heather how 'creepy' Melinda is. Melinda cries.

Quote:
" I see IT in the hallways. "(Anderson 45 ).

Reaction:
Melinda is refering to someone as IT. She has a nightmare about 'IT'. Melinda is disgusted by 'IT'. She obviously shares a past with 'IT'

Speak paqe ( 1 - 4O ]

Summary:

Melinda Sordino begins high school at Merryweather High. She was the first on the school bus, she decided to sit in the front of the bus so she can see her middle school friends and hoped that they would sit with her or even talk to her. Everyone who knew her glared at her as the entered the school bus. Before school begins the freshman must meet in the auditorium, everyone falls into clan. Melinda is the only person clan less. Ivy and Nicole are Melinda’s ex-friends, Rachel is her ex-best-friend. Melinda is dying to tell Rachel what happened. Melinda has a secret that no one knows, it has something to do with why she called the police at a party this summer. That’s the reason why nearly everyone at Merryweather High hates her. Melinda meets a girl named Heather, she is new to town. At lunch Melinda gets embarrassed by this basketball player on accident, he accidentally threw a ho-ho towards her, when she tried to dodge it, her lunch tray landed in her chest. Melinda really enjoys art class, she can’t stand the cheerleaders. Melinda’s parents are upset with her because of her grades.

Quote :

“ You don’t understand, my headvoice answers.”(Anderson 28).

Reaction:

Some random girl from school at their school homecoming pep rally asks Melinda if she was Melinda Sordino. She tells the girl yes, everyone turns and looks. Then the girl says, “ Aren’t you the one who called the cops at Kyle Rodgers’s party at the end of the summer? ”(Anderson 27). Melinda become numb, and shakes her head. Another girl then says, “ My brother got arrested at that party. He got fired because of the arrest. I can’t believe you did that. Asshole.”(Anderson 28). Something happened to Melinda the night of the party that made her call the police. She hasn’t told anyone. She says to her self that she can’t really tell them what happened that night, she tries so hard to forget that night. That night changed he life it also changed her as a person because now she can barely Speak.