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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.0

Bestselling poet Laurie Halse Anderson writes her memoir in free verse in this powerful tale of surviving sexual assault. Twenty years after writing the fictional story Speak, Anderson is stunned at how little has changed. Sharing deeply personal stories, Shout is perfect for the "Me Too" era. I'm not a fan of poetry, but listening to the audiobook made the poems come alive - adding pauses and inflections.