Sharon Draper’s new children’s fiction book Out of My Mind has an interesting voice, that of an 11 year-old girl who cannot speak. Melody cannot eat without help, or move on her own. She was born with cerebral palsy, but it has definitely not affected her mind. She has a photographic memory and loves words and music. She absorbs everything in her environment, but most people never know that. It is not until her care aide in Grade 5 lobbies for her to be granted a talking computer that Melody can share her amazing self with the world. This is a beautifully written book which will leave the reader looking at disabled people in a totally new way.
