num_pages: 276
description: A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
language: English
title: Speak
titlecomplete: Speak
characters: Rachel Bruin, Ivy Hall, Heather, Nichole Smythe Burnell, Mr. Freeman, Andy Evans, David Petrakis, Melinda Sordino
genres: High School, Banned Books, School, Young Adult, Mental Health, Teen, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age
ratings_count: 576464
places: Syracuse, New York
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: SCBWI Golden Kite Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Young Adult, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Evergreen Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: YA, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Thorndike Pr