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Study Guide: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - BookNotes

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CHAPTER 37 - Poster Child

Summary

Heather leaves Melinda a note in her locker, asking her to meet her at her house after school. She sobs out the story that the Marthas have warned her that..........

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Again, we have an ironic situation: Heather wants desperately to be a part of the Marthas, a group that wouldn’t even.........



CHAPTER 38 - Dead Frogs

Summary

In biology class, the students are studying frogs, which they will dissect. David Petrakis is thrilled, because they are finally studying anatomy. Melinda feels a little faint when it comes time to use the knife to cut open the frog’s belly. She feels “a scream start in her gut - she can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in her hair.” She passes out and...............

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This chapter is so poignant, because we understand that cutting into the frog doesn’t make Melinda faint, because she..........


CHAPTER 39 - Model Citizen

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Heather lands a job as a model at a department store in the mall and now all the Marthas want to be her new best friend. She asks Melinda to go with her for the bathing suit shots and Melinda suspects it’s because she’s afraid to screw up in front of a Martha. Of course, Melinda wants to be a model, too, and..........

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The author creates in this chapter a complete sense of opposites: Heather is this tiny little cutie who looks great in a..........


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