This is a stunning book.
Like R.J. Palacio's novel Wonder, this story is told from a perspective most of us will never experience or fully understand.
Melody Brooks is 11 years old, smart as anything (with a photographic memory to boot), and she has cerebral palsy. She is unable to walk, control her body, eat by herself, or talk.
And she really has things to say.
A special computer she names Elvira finally enables Melody to communicate with the people around her--her loving family, her teachers, and the kids at school. She becomes a member of the school's Whiz Kids quiz team, but never feels exactly like one of the team...
READ THIS BOOK. Seriously.
I forgot to add: Out of My Mind won the 2013 California Young Reader Medal for the Middle School category last May!
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