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Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory that makes her the brightest kid in her school. Unfortunately, most people―including her doctors and teachers―believe she can’t even learn.That’s why her school days drone on with the same preschool lessons again and again and again.
Unable to talk, write, or walk, Melody longs to tell what she thinks and knows―but she can’t. Trapped inside her own body, she often feels driven to the brink of insanity. And then one day, she discovers how to “speak.” For the first time, hope sweeps over her. She has a voice at last! But is everyone prepared to listen?
Richly textured by Sisi Aisha Johnson’s enthralling narration, Out of My Mind, by ALA Best Book honoree and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper, is an unforgettable tale of heartache and hope―and of one girl’s struggle to prove the “experts” wrong.
“Uplifting and upsetting, [Out of My Mind] will enlighten and resonate with teens and adults.”―Booklist, starred review
“Kids will benefit from [Melody’s] gutsy, candid, and compelling story [that] reveals the quiet strength and fortitude it takes to overcome disabilities and the misconceptions that go with them.”―School Library Journal, starred review
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most people--her teachers and doctors included--don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows . . . but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind--that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.
From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.
A Note to Readers from Author Sharon Draper
People often ask me, "What was your inspiration for Out of my Mind?" I reply, "All great stories emerge from deep truths that rest within us." But the real truth of a story often can be found in places that not even the author has dared to explore. I suppose the character of Melody came from my experiences in raising a child with developmental difficulties. But Melody is not my daughter. Melody is pure fiction--a unique little girl who has come into being from a mixture of love and understanding. Out of my Mind is the story of a ten-year-old-girl who cannot walk or talk. She has spirit, determination, intelligence and wit, and no one knows it. But from buildings that are not wheelchair--accessible to classmates who make fun of her she finds a strength within herself she never knew existed.
I was fiercely adamant that nobody feel sorry for Melody. I wanted her to be accepted as a character and as a person, not as a representative for people with disabilities. Melody is a tribute to all the parents of disabled kids who struggle, to all those children who are misunderstood, to all those caregivers who help every step of the way. It's also written for people who look away, who pretend they don't see, or who don't know what to say when they encounter someone who faces life with obvious differences. Just smile and say hello!
--Sharon M. Draper
