The following Bishop Bousfield blog posts are outstanding:

Selwyn Steyn

Over the past ten years, Laurie has received thousands and thousands of emails and letters from readers about how Speak has given them the courage to speak up. The first stanza of the poem and the last are Lauries words. Everything in the middle, all of the stanzas that start with the word YOU are words and phrases from letters that were sent to the author. 

Laurie Halse Anderson (www.writerlady.com) is the author of the genre defining YA novel Speak. Speak was a National Book Award Finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book for excellence in young adult literature, and was named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, School Library Journal and Horn Book. 

Speak Up About Speak at http://speakupaboutspeak.blogspot.com 

The speak iBook Textbook can be downloaded here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13491700/Speak%20Guide.ibooks 

Here's how to get this textbook into iBooks. It's easy.

1) Download a book.
Download the file to your Mac or PC. Its a 28MB download, so it might take a couple of minutes, depending on your connection. 

2) Drag the book into iTunes.
Launch iTunes and then click the Books library in the left column. Drag the book into the iTunes window to add it to your library. (If you don't see the Books library, open iTunes Preferences. In the General tab, click the "Books" checkbox to enable it.)

3) Sync your iPad.
Sync and your book will be added to your iBooks library. Books purchased from the iBooks Store and ePub books are displayed together on the same library shelves. PDF books are displayed on their own library shelves.