"When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time."Beginning on her first day of high school, this story is one of how Melinda finds her voice. In a matter-of-fact manner, we are told the story through her point of view. We discover that she has become an outcast because she called the police at an end of the summer party. The consequences of an action that she is unable to explain, are heartbreaking and seem to be told by someone who is really experiencing them.
Every day high school events, such as attending an assembly when you have no one to sit with and walking into a lunchroom alone, are told with such honesty that you want to cringe for the pain she feels. The characters that interact with Melinda are believable and even though you might think they are stereotypical, it feels as though they couldn't be more real.
The struggles Melinda goes through, especially highlighted by her art project, are believable and the reader just feels for her as she wonders what she thinks she should do. This story made me want to look more carefully at the teens who might be hiding themselves because they don't know how to speak.
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