Speak

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Comment:
I think that it is important that all teenage girls read this book, espcially the middle school to high school age girls. It seems like in society today teens are starting to drink at younger ages. They need to realize that they could easily be raped and taken advantage of.This book isn't only directed towards the kids who party, I believe it could be directed towards anyone. Speak will help the ones who have been raped or sexually abused come out and hopefully it will make other teenagers aware of what rape is.

Question:
Throughout the book I got the perception that Melinda's parents didn't seem to care for her that much. They didn't seemed really concerned as to why she wasn't talking and what happened to her that she doesn't talk. So my question is, Why didn't Melinda's parents show more concern about her?

Holly Bohlen