TY - BOOK AU - Anderson, Laurie Halse AU - Carroll, Emily [illustrator] TI - Speak: the graphic novel SN - 9780374300289 U1 - 82-311.5 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Farrar straus girouk KW - PERSONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES (CHILDREN'S/TEENAGE) KW - GRAPHIC NOVELS KW - YOUNG ADULT FICTION KW - SOCIAL ISOLATION KW - MENTAL HEALTH N2 - A graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning novel Speak—adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and brought to life visually by Eisner Award winner Emily Carroll. "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—an 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. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. With powerful illustrations by Emily Carroll Speak: The Graphic Novel comes alive for new audiences and fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's classic novel ER -