Today’s student review is from one of my 7th graders. She read a book that I still really need to read, and am looking even more forward to getting to soon based on her response.
Title: OUT OF MY MIND
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Number of Pages: 295
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.
much feeling in it. I personally like Melody and Mrs. V. Melody is such a
strong hearted girl; even though she basically gets bullied everyday at school
and has a disease, she still stays strong throughout the whole thing and situation. Now Mrs. V
reminds me of me. I don’t let anyone mess with my friends or with someone close
to me and that’s exactly what she did. When I read other books, I usually don’t
connect with them. But this book, I made a connection with. If there ever was a
sequel I would want to most definitely read it to see how Melody is doing and
how she is with her friends. I recommend
this book is EVERY 7th and 8th grader, and I can
guarantee you won’t want to stop reading it, just like I didn’t. I rate this
book 5 stars!
