Out Of My Mind

Out of My Mind

By: Sharon Draper

Melody is 11, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy since birth. She can’t walk, she can’t talk and she even can’t take herself to the bathroom! In room H-5 she deals with miss-matching walls and flowers with faces. When they start inclusion classes for all the disabled kids she finally feels like she belongs. Then comes Clair and Molly, they make fun of her, imitate her and are just plain mean to her and everyone else. Now it’s time for the annual Whiz Kids quiz team, they start by taking a qualifying test, she of course gets a perfect score, no one knew she was that smart, know one knew she had all those smarts! Then they win the Regional Competition and there off to Washington D.C. for finals. Read the book to follow Melody and her family through the trials of her life!