“I am clanless. I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn’t go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast.” SpeakHigh SchoolOutcastClansLaurie Halse AndersonMelinda Sordino Book:Speak Source: Speak
“Afraid that my head might burst through the roof, I head for the mall. I have ten bucks in my pocket—what to spend it on? French fries—ten bucks’ worth of french fries, ultimate fantasy.” ArtSpeakTreesArtistsFrench FriesMallLaurie Halse AndersonMelinda Sordino Book:Speak Source: Speak
“I head for my closet after school. I want to take the poster of Maya Angelou home, and I’d like to keep some of my tree pictures and my turkey-bone sculpture. The rest of the stuff can stay, so long as it doesn’t have my name on it. Who knows, some other kids may need a safe place to run to next year.” SpeakLaurie Halse AndersonMelinda Sordino Book:Speak Source: Speak