Fourteen-year-old Elliot Sutton arrives at his new high school determined he is not going to become a target for teasing; however, when a group of upperclassmen called the Guardians, who are obsessed with power, try to recruit him, Elliot must make a difficult decision.
year: 2004, 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: bullies, fiction, high schools, schools, family problems, self-realization
Editions
Gardner, Graham
Dial Books (2004)
Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.
Schools: 8
Gardner, Graham
Speak (2005)
Fourteen-year-old Elliot Sutton arrives at his new high school determined he is not going to become a target for teasing; however, when a group of upperclassmen called the Guardians, who are obsessed with power, try to recruit him, Elliot must make a difficult decision.
Schools: 2