"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back, refuses to be silent, and thereby achieves a measure of vindication. In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.
梅琳达在初中毕业的聚会上被学长强奸。她独守着这个秘密，甚至连最好的朋友和父母都不知道。进入高中后，她被同学和朋友孤立，渐渐地自暴自弃。只有美术课给她唯一的安慰。而那名学长仍然出现在身边，向她曾经最好的朋友靠近。梅琳达有没有勇气说出来？她能否走出人生的低谷，重新开始？
By Laurie Halse Anderson, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 204 Pages, 8.3"x5.5"
