Laurie Halse Anderson: Speaking in Tongues
Wendy J. Glenn
... and lllustrators Golden Kite Award and named an Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist, a National Book Award finalist, and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. In their article “The Best Young Adult Novels of All Time,“ which appeared in the January 2005 issue of English Journal, Ted Hipple and Jennifer Claiborne ranked Speak as number three. It was also one of the novels considered in the decision to award Anderson the Margaret A. Edwards award in 2009. (See the appendix for awards ...