Top 10 things I am thankful for

1. family
2. friends
3. health
4. home
5. new room
6. car
7. book shelf
8. computer
9. megan and daniel
10. sunshine

Book review for Speak

Speak, a book by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a teenage girl who suffers through many things, including rape. Melinda was only 15 when she went to a party, and after too many beers, she finds herself being overcome by The Monster. This book tells about how Melinda is silently screaming for someone, anyone, to listen to her cry for help.
Melinda recieved help from all of the people around her. It would be hard for someone to find themselves again after such a tragic thing such as rape had happened to them. Melinda needed help from everyone in her life to get things right again.
There is also good symbolism in the book Speak. All through out the book, Melinda is trying to draw the perfect tree but is unable to because she hasn't healed yet. The tree represents her growing as a person, and while she is still broken from The Monster, she is unable to draw one. However, when she finally gets her heart put back together, she draws her tree as a perfect portayal of her life
Melinda, alhtough damaged and torn, put her life back together. This is a book about hope and finding yourself. I would reccomend this book for others to read. =]