Banned Books discussion Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Yes, it deals with sexual assault and mental health but how can it be controversial and seen as a banned/challenged book?

Laurie Halse Anderson: Speaking for the Voiceless - PEN America

In the 2022-2023 school year, Speak and its adaptations were banned 14 times, according to PEN America's Index of Banned Books. Her other books ...

Student Banned Book Review: Speak - Jim Dan Hill Library

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a novel that frequents the banned and challenged list. This novel follows Melinda Sordino and her experiences through high ...

Best-Selling Author Laurie Halse Anderson on Challenging Iowa's ...

“Speak” is based on Anderson's personal experience with sexual assault as a teenager. The new Iowa law, Senate File 496, sought to ban books ...

Why Speak is Awesome and Book Banning is Not-some – YALSA Blog

His word choice seems to imply that the fact that Melinda (the protagonist) is raped is irrelevant. What's more important to point out to the ...

Banned Books 2022 - Speak - Marshall Libraries

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie were also challenged and removed from ...

Laurie Halse Anderson Discusses Censorship, its Frightening ...

The author of Speak and SHOUT sees dangerous differences between past attempts to ban books and the current, coordinated censorship attacks.

Banned Books discussion Speak General Discussion - Goodreads

Kelly (Maybedog) This topic is for the discussion of the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. · Regina So did anyone else read this book? · Kelly ...

On Banning Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak - Shannon Fallon

I imagine the people who advocate for banning this particular book do so because they're thinking of the very type of teenager I was. Good ...

Your book Speak is constantly on the banned books lists at schools ...

I would ask them why they are afraid to talk to their kids about sexual violence. Every two minutes, someone in America is sexually assaulted.

#VelshiBannedBookClub: 'Speak,' with Laurie Halse Anderson

... discussed. They are something that should be kept *silent*. Irony ... Velshi Banned Book Club: how Maulik Pancholy got his book unbanned.

SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson (Banned Books Week)

The 1999 young adult novel Speak, which chronicles a high school freshman's struggle with the aftermath of rape, was challenged by a Missouri professor and ...

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Speak with Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson's YA novel Speak poignantly explores the immediate aftermath and emotional repercussions of sexual assault, along with the concept of ...

Speak-ing of #BannedBooksWeek - School Librarian Leadership

Laurie Halse Anderson's book Speak appears as #60 on the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books from 2000-2009. I have been a fan ever since the ...

The Restricted Section: Speak - The Eagle Times

Speak, a 1999 young adult novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson was named one of the “Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2020” by NPR.

Banned Books Book Club: Speak and Shout | Pitkin County Library

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.

Banned Books Week: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Inspired by the Banned Books Blog Party hosted by Hannah Givens over at Things Matter. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson I don't remember ...

Speak and Shout: Why Librarians Fight for Banned Books

Over decades, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (1999) is one of the most popular of these books. Twenty years after its publication, Halse Anderson ...

Laurie Halse Anderson on Censorship - YouTube

Laurie Halse Anderson's celebrated young adult novel "Speak" tells the story of Melinda, a high school student who stops speaking after a ...

Do Not Ban Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson | The Pigeon Press

Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak has been faced with extensive censorship since it was published in 1999, and has been consistently challenged ...