- Children's fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Schools, fiction, Rape, fiction
"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.
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- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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- gravecomic
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- Author
- Laurie Halse Anderson
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 219
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Corporation, Scholastic Inc., Hampton-Brown
- Editions
- 52
- Language
- Chinese, German, Polish, tur
- ISBN
- 9780329484712
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“It is my first morning of high school.”
American writer, known for children's and young adult novels.
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