Title: Readers of all ages will relate...
Product review: Just prior to the start of her freshman year, Melinda Sordino goes to a party that changes everything. Her friends will no longer speak to her, and Melinda finds herself unable to speak - her throat freezes up and her lips become chapped and raw. She creeps through her high school like a ghost, on the edges of life.Worse, no one seems to understand that Melinda is having serious problems and needs help. Everyone, from her parents to her teachers, just treat her as strange and troubled, demanding to know why she's suddenly "decided" to act this way. No one seems to wonder why a normal, happy girl would all but shut down.Anderson creates a believable character, ordinary in all ways yet remarkable in her silent suffering. Readers of all ages are bound to relate to Melinda, waiting for her to come to grips with the events of that fateful summer night.
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