{"id":5123,"date":"2022-09-24T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2024-08-31T22:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T02:06:28","slug":"graphic-novel-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/graphic-novel-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak: The Graphic Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-724\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/graphicnovel_speak.png?fit=250%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speak: The Graphic Novel\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Speak: The Graphic Novel<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/em-carroll\/\">E.M. Carroll<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/laurie-halse-anderson\/\">Laurie Halse Anderson<\/a><br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/series\/speak\/\">Speak #0<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2018-02-06\">February 6, 2018<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/farrar-straus-and-giroux\/\">Farrar Straus and Giroux<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 384<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/young-adult\/\">Young Adult<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/library\/\">Library<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34495927-speak\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>\"Speak up for yourself\u2015we 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\u2015an outcast\u2015because 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, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak: The Graphic Novel comes alive for new audiences and fans of the classic novel.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YcvAiy\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-09-24T06:00:16+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Speak: The Graphic Novel\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/graphic-novel-speak\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Speak: The Graphic Novel\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"E.M. 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The novel is based partially on the author\u2019s personal experiences and has received international praise. The book has won multiple awards and is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ALA\u2019s list of 100 most challenged books from 2000-2009<\/a>. While I had never read the original book, it had always been on my list of books that I\u2019ve wanted to read but have been a little afraid to.<\/p>\n<p>This graphic novel reminded me why graphic novels are such a wonderful medium for telling a story and how the format can do certain things that novels can\u2019t. Art is a pretty big theme in this novel and so being able to have a visual representation of Melinda\u2019s art as well as the pain and depression that she suffers through is brilliant. The use of rabbits to show Melinda\u2019s hypervigilance really adds to the story, expressing her emotions in a way that is striking.<\/p>\n<p>Aspects of the story have also been updated considering it has been almost 20 years since the original story was published, which was a great idea I think for making the novel more approachable for modern-day young adults. In some ways, I think that the graphic novel may make this difficult story easier to digest for many.<\/p>\n<p>As for the story itself, I liked the scattered narrative, it was an accurate depiction of what depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are like. Despite all of the trauma, the story was empowering in the central message of finding your voice to stand up to something or someone that may be scary in order to protect others. The resolution was a little too neat and clean for my liking, but I liked the story nonetheless and the ending made me a little teary-eyed. I\u2019m glad that I decided to pick up this graphic novel and would like to pick up the novel in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s getting harder to <strong>talk<\/strong>. My throat is always sore, my lips raw like I have some kind of spastic laryngitis. I know <strong>I\u2019m messed up<\/strong>. I want to <strong>confess everything<\/strong>, hand over the guilt and mistakes and anger to <em>someone else<\/em>. There is a <strong>beast<\/strong> in my gut, scraping away at the inside of my ribs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Bullying, Rape, Sexual Assault, Suicidal Ideation <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Authors<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About E.M. Carroll<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_emilycarroll.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_emilycarroll.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_emilycarroll.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_emilycarroll.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>E.M. Carroll was born in June 1983 in London, Ontario. They started making comics in 2010 and their horror comic &#8220;His Face All Red&#8221; went viral at Hallowe&#8217;en 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, E.M. has published several books, created comics for anthologies, and provided illustrations for other works. E.M. has won several awards, including an Ignatz and two Eisners. They are married to fellow Canadian artist, Kate Craig.<\/p>\n<p>Emily&#8217;s work now uses the initials E.M. Carroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emcarroll.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyterrible\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3447947.E_M_Carroll\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NyLX2R\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emilyterrible\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Laurie Halse Anderson<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_lauriehalseanderson.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_lauriehalseanderson.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_lauriehalseanderson.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_lauriehalseanderson.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. Her new book, SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the age of thirteen and a manifesta for the #MeToo era, has received widespread critical acclaim and was Laurie\u2019s eighth New York Times bestselling book.<\/p>\n<p>Two of her novels, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists, and Chains was short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie medal in the United Kingdom. Laurie has been nominated for Sweden\u2019s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award three times. Laurie was selected by the American Library Association for the Margaret A. Edwards Award and has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to combating censorship, Laurie regularly speaks about the need for diversity in publishing and is a member of RAINN\u2019s National Leadership Council. She lives in Philadelphia, where she enjoys cheesesteaks while she writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madwomanintheforest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halseanderson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauriehalseanderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/10003.Laurie_Halse_Anderson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y7DI3D\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/halseanderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Speak is a young adult novel written in 1999 about the rape and subsequent bullying of a high school freshman. 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