Out of my Mind, by Sharon M. Draper
Reviewed by Mosab A.
Eleven-year-old
Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that
is always recording . And there’s no delete button. She’s the smartest
kid in school, but no one knows it. Most people-including her teachers
and doctors- don’t think she’s capable of learning.
Even if she’s eleven, she still listens to the same preschool
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 or walk or write. Being stuck inside her head
is making Melody go out of her mind. That is until she finds something
that will allow Melody to speak her very first words!
I personally liked this book because it made me realize that being
disabled doesn’t mean that you’re not as good as the “normal” kids.
Now
when I look at a disabled person I think differently about them now, I
would treat them with lots of respect and I wouldn’t treat them as if
they were very young children. Before I read this book I used to act
sort of strange around disabled people and they wouldn’t like it, but
now I would treat them and anybody else the same.
Honorable Mention: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever wondered how it would feel to have so many thoughts and not be able to say any of them? To know the right answer to every single problem in class and not be able to say it? This is what Melody has to go through every day of her life. The protagonist in this book is Melody. There are a couple of antagonist in the book. One of them is Clair. Clair makes fun of Melody a lot because she sometimes drools, or has spasms with her arms and legs. Another antagonist in the book is not a human, but a disease. It is cerebral palsy. It is this because it holds Melody back from doing a lot of things, like answering questions in school, or even communicating with people. The problem in the story is that Melody has cerebral palsy and can't walk or talk even though she is so smart and has so many ideas and thoughts. The setting in this book is modern day U.S.A.
In my opinion, Out Of My Mind is a fantastic book that I loved! One thing I liked about it is that it has a very fast pace. Another thing I liked was learning about cerebral palsy. For example, I thought it was interesting how people with cerebral palsy, like Melody, learn how to communicate and do everything else they want to do. At the beginning of the story melody has a taking bored with all the letters to communicate better. One thing that this book taught me is "don't take what you have for granted." It taught me that because after reading it I thought about how lucky I am to be able to walk and talk and do everything I want to. I can do that while some people can't. Another book that this reminded me of was The Hunger Games. It reminded me of that book because of a few things. One thing is the pace of the book. Both of these books are very face paced and make you want to keep reading and not put the book down. Another thing it reminded me of was the vocabulary. Both books had some great vocabulary in my opinion.
Honorable Mentions
- The Hunger Games
-The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
-Found
- 48 Hours