OUT OF MY MIND

AUTHOR

SHARON M. DRAPER

• Born August 21, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio
• Public speaker, poet, and educator,
• She is a member of the International Reading Association,
• nationally award-winning teacher and writer
• was the eldest of three children growing up

GENRE

CHARACTERS

• Melody- has cerebral palsy but VERY smart (main character)
• Rose- melody's friend and tends to be really nice to her
• Claire- rude and mean to melody and doesnt like her
• Molly- (same as claire) and is best friends with claire
• Melody's mom- very kind and belives in her daughter

THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS

• Catherine - melody's aide and goes with her everywhere
• Mrs Valencia- melody's neighbor and babysits her and penny
• Penny- melody's little sister

SETTINGS

CONFLICT

CONFLICT EXAMPLE
Melody is trying to find out how to communicate with people and show how smart she really is and that her cerebral palsy doesn't define who she is.

PLOT
Melody is trapped in a body that she cannot control. She can't walk, eat, go to the bathroom, or even talk on her own. People underestimate her and she is stuck in a class meant for mentally disabled people. She really has photographic memory and is VERY smart! The only problem though is there is no way for anyone to know... She can't talk. But some machine comes along that allows her to talk! Maybe she can say all she wanted to all along!

MOOD

FAVORITE PART
When melody finally gets
Her meda talker and she starts to use it and type things she has always wanted to say right away and how happy she was. :)

RATING 1-10

RECOMENDATIONS

THEME (CONNECTION TO REAL LIFE)

AUTHORS POINT

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE SOMEONE UNTILL

Voice

Voice

Voice