I feel that speak is a book theat acuratly tells you about teen depression, cliques, and teen alchole use and parties. Laurie Anderson tells about a freshman girl who had been raped while she was drunk at an end of the summer party. everyone at the school hated her because she had called the cops at the party. this shows how getting drunk and going to a party can result into disaster and you may not know what goes on. i liked the book because i didnt know much about how bad teen bullying could be and how much being raped could hurt a person and make then very depressed and want to just hide in her room and talk to nobody. this book is a very intersteing and it is a good book if you are not someone who enjoys reading ( aka me) i HATE reading but when i started reading this book i was not able to put it down till i got done reading.