Out of my Mind

By Sharon m Draper

Rating 4/5 Stars

         This book is about a 13 year old girl named Melody, who is not able talk or move anything besides her head and thumbs. It creates a lot of challenges for her. On top of all of that she also has a photographic memory. She uses a board and points to the word so she can communicate. She is in a class with some other kids that have disabilities and completely separated from the rest of the school. In 5th grade the school started inclusion classes so that kids like her could join the rest of the school. One day in one of the classes a girl brought in a new computer. Melody said that she wanted a computer that was designed just for her. The next day she is given a chance to research it in one of the classes. Just a little bit later she gets it. After some practice she is able to use it. Later one of the teachers starts talking about Whiz Kids Team that answers questions and goes to competitions. Melody's goal is to get on the team even when everybody in the school is doubting her.

       I think this would be a good movie because it would be really cool to see how the emotion was showed even though Melody cannot talk and how she deals with it. It would also be really hard for the producer to show emotion and feeling in Melody.