Out of my mind

ISBN: 9781416980452
ISBN: 9781416971702
ISBN: 141697170X
ISBN: 9781416971719
Physical Description: print 295 pages. ; 19 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Badges: Top Holds Over Last 5 Years : 4 / 5.0

Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills) (Author).

Summary: "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." --Jacket.