10. What is the theme of the book? 

I think the theme of the book is that keeping a harmful  secret to oneself     for a long time can eventually end up having a harmful effect on every aspect of a persons life socially, mentally, emotionally and physically. In the book, Melinda gets raped in the summer before grade 9 so she calls 911. When she goes to high school everyone hates her because they all know that she called 911 but no one knows that she got raped. She decides not to tell anyone and she starts getting into deep depression.Because of depression, she has a very low self esteem which leads to her not talking at all. Once she decided to stand up for herself and move on. Her whole life improved.

                                                                  Prakriti