Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Today I’m going to be reviewing a book I really enjoyed, a book that was actually a banned book.  When Speak was published back in 1999, it received positive reviews from critics and was a bestseller; and the book was made into a movie in 2004, starring Kristen Stewart, but it seems like the movie went unnoticed when it came out.  I hadn’t heard of it at all before I read the book.  However, despite the book’s positive reception, it was banned by many schools/libraries across the U.S.  The reason behind the ban was because of the novel’s inclusion of rape, language, and a supposed bias…