Reading Skills in Speak

   In the book so far, not much has happended. Melinda is starting the third trimester and she is still hasn't tried to interact with anyone. All day she just keeps to herself. The one thing that keeps popping up is a guy in her high school. A lot of the time she refers to him as "IT". I can tell that she strongly dislikes him for some reason. But why? That is the main question I have. Another question I have is why doesn't she talk to her parents or the counsler about it? That would probably help her and make her feel better. I'm predicting that soon, we'll find out why she hates him and that it has something to do with the party. And I also predict that the rest of the school will found out what happened and they will feel bad for Melinda. A text to world connection I have is that thousands of teenagers today are depressed for a reason but no one even knows because they keep to themselves. I think if you notice someone is down, you should help them get back up. A text to text connection I have is between Speak and Thirteen Reasons Why. Thirteen Reasons Why is about a girl who commited suicide and a boy finds her tapes she made before she died and he finds out why she did it. Both of these books talk and describe depression in teenagers. If it seems like you would like the book Speak, you would probably like Thirteen Reasons Why also.