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Great Reads > Out of My Mind, Sharon Draper |
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*Received a Booklist starred review
“I love the smell of my mother’s hair after she washes it. I love the feel of the scratchy stubble on my father’s face before he shaves. But I’ve never been able to tell them.”
From five-time Coretta Scott King Honoree and New York Times bestseller, Sharon Draper, comes another powerful novel for young readers. Out of My Mind is a story full of heartache and hope. Melody is learning to communicate with the world and teaching the world how to communicate with her. Because she has cerebral palsy, she is unable to walk, unable to talk, and unable to do what many take for granted. Her mind is full of knowledge, but most people–her teachers and doctors included–don’t think she is capable of learning. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind 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… |
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Product Details
Out of My Mind
Sharon Draper
Atheneum
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Hardover
ISBN: 9781416971702
$16.99
Ages: 10 and up
Cover: lo-res | hi-res
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Sharon Draper lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where she taught high school English for 25 years. She has been active in NCTE and the master teacher certification program and was named National Teacher of the Year. She has been honored five times by the Coretta Scott King Award committee. Copper Sun and Forged by Fire both received the Coretta Scott King Award, The Battle of Jericho and November Blues were Coretta Scott King Honor books, and Tears of a Tiger won the John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent. Her other books include Romiette and Julio, Darkness Before Dawn, and Double Dutch. Sharon Draper's website is at www.sharondraper.com.
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