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Speak Sulari Gentill but sixth grader Lucy isBy: Laurie Halse Anderson Published by Square Fish, 2011 05 10 <b>The first ten lies they tell you in high school.< b> "Speak up for yourself we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end of summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone