Shout

The New York Times bestselling poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson

Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/12/2019
ISBN: 9780670012107
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019 pg. 131
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 96
BookPage 03/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 11/05/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2018 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 58
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 130
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2019 - Book Of Special Distinction
Shelf Awareness 11/26/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 501709 / Shout
Reading Level: 7.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5