tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80469384683524986792012-02-16T20:37:42.830-08:00Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-51157542500549681852009-04-01T13:35:00.000-07:002009-04-01T13:37:58.236-07:00On the 10th Anniversary of Laurie Halse Anderson's groundbreaking novel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Speak</span>, we are all joining together to discuss this important book and the impact it has made on us and those around us.<br /><br />When was the first time you read <span style="font-style: italic;">Speak</span>? How did it affect you? Did you pass it along to friends or re-read it? Did the book mean something different to you when you read it ten years later?<br /><br />Tell us your stories in the comments!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-5115754250054968185?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-35192337487534571072009-03-23T14:29:00.001-07:002009-03-23T14:29:45.141-07:00Did you like it? We want to hear your thoughts!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-3519233748753457107?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-84709437427331622542009-03-11T12:18:00.001-07:002009-03-11T12:22:16.600-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SbgPI4TSfyI/AAAAAAAAACM/ZP3MdsN0OVo/s1600-h/WINTER+GIRLS_lores.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312012405710159650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SbgPI4TSfyI/AAAAAAAAACM/ZP3MdsN0OVo/s320/WINTER+GIRLS_lores.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIjyJ_tqedc">Click to see a book trailer for <em>Wintergirls</em>.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-8470943742733162254?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-2908980486013767772009-03-03T08:32:00.000-08:002009-03-03T08:38:13.054-08:00<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lauriehalseanderson">Laurie Halse Anderson's MySpace Page</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.writerlady.com">Laurie Halse Anderson's Website</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://halseanderson.livejournal.com/">Laurie Halse Anderson's Blog</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wintergirls">Wintergirls MySpace Page</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-290898048601376777?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-57397816923874762272009-03-02T11:28:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:28:36.468-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The buzz is building about Laurie Halse Anderson's upcoming book, <em>Wintergirls</em>...</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>"Readers will be absorbed by this gripping tale..."</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-BCCB, starred review</span><br /><br /><strong>"[B]rutal and poetic..."</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-Booklist, starred review</span><br /><br /><strong>"[A] startingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative."</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-School Library Journal, starred review</span><br /><br /><strong>"...broken, symbolic and gut-wrenching prose..."</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-Kirkus Reviews, starred review</span><br /><br /><br /><strong>"As difficult as reading this novel can be, it is more difficult to put it down."</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-Publishers Weekly, starred review</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-5739781692387476227?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-61738491240245128372009-02-26T11:18:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:58:37.970-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SabrDVKB5wI/AAAAAAAAAB8/3Vv5hP_79Ys/s1600-h/SpeakPOEMinvite.GIF"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307187653354055426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SabrDVKB5wI/AAAAAAAAAB8/3Vv5hP_79Ys/s400/SpeakPOEMinvite.GIF" border="0" /></a> By popular request, here are the words to Laurie Halse Anderson's <em>Speak</em> poem featured in the video that was posted previously. Click the image to enlarge.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-6173849124024512837?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-80457856844741963192009-02-25T08:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T11:32:16.463-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SaVwEiXW6ZI/AAAAAAAAABI/5RVfYADuOO4/s1600-h/WINTER+GIRLS_lores.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306770959172561298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_90G1ojyDfrI/SaVwEiXW6ZI/AAAAAAAAABI/5RVfYADuOO4/s320/WINTER+GIRLS_lores.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Check out an excerpt from <em>Wintergirls</em> below...</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>Chapter One:</strong><br /><br />So she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.<br /><br />She tells me in four sentences. No, five.<br /><br />I can’t let me hear this, but it’s too late. The facts sneak in and stab me. When she gets to the worst part<br /><br />. . . body found in a motel room, alone . . .<br /><br />. . . my walls go up and my doors lock. I nod like I’m listening, like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.<br /><br />It’s not nice when girls die. <p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Find out more at: http://www.myspace.com/wintergirls</span></strong></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-8045785684474196319?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-11867109126989653532009-02-19T09:34:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:12:27.188-08:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-289024f4057ec7f1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D289024f4057ec7f1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331771866%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D149280FFCA2F9686953AAB02520B0BCC042A3884.454BE038440BED992E0329072DC599B60535B28%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D289024f4057ec7f1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DuH7dufWfha2aTXvMOctK9mOrgyw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D289024f4057ec7f1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331771866%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D149280FFCA2F9686953AAB02520B0BCC042A3884.454BE038440BED992E0329072DC599B60535B28%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D289024f4057ec7f1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DuH7dufWfha2aTXvMOctK9mOrgyw&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-1186710912698965353?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-75103385161134494292009-01-08T08:00:00.001-08:002009-01-08T08:00:56.760-08:00This blog is dedicated to readers, writers and authors who want to discuss the impact Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson has had on young adult literature.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-7510338516113449429?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046938468352498679.post-40317066434032769352008-11-21T10:34:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:59:47.660-08:00The comments on this post were received at this year's NCTE. Thanks to all the readers, librarians and teachers who took the time to Speak Up About Speak!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8046938468352498679-4031706643403276935?l=speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Speak Up About Speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05148118544575516864noreply@blogger.com35