Out of My Mind
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فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2010
Lexile Score
700
Reading Level
3
ATOS
4.3
Interest Level
4-8(MG)
نویسنده
Sharon M. Draperشابک
9781416980452
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
emarie - I know that a majority of us think it's hard getting off of your couch to move and clean your room. I totally understand, I've been there. After I read this book, I realized what would happen if I couldn't move at all? Yes, you wouldn't have to clean your room. Yes, you wouldn't have to take the dog out for a walk when your mom yells at you to, but would you really enjoy it? You wouldn't be able to go and run around with your friends at recess or break. You probably couldn't keep up with today's modern lifestyle and how fast we move on. Not just from things socially but physically too. It makes me realize how privileged I am and how strong Melody, the main character, really is. I absolutly love the way she puts so much passion into the things that she loves. She defied the odds of probabilty and at the same time, coped with an emotional struggle. She is one of my favorite fictional characters and never seems to stop inspiring me. I had my parents read this and I was very excited to learn that they had been surprised by just how much this girl could go through. I honestly would recommend this book to any person, of any age, that reads anything. This is not something you want to miss.
February 15, 2010
Melody Brooks, in a wheelchair and unable to speak, narrates this story about finding her voice. The first half of the book catalogues Melody's struggles—from her frustration with learning the same preschool lessons year after year to her inability to express a craving for a Big Mac. Draper, whose daughter has cerebral palsy, writes with authority, and the rage behind Melody's narrative is perfectly illustrated in scenes demonstrating the startling ignorance of many professionals (a doctor diagnoses Melody as “profoundly retarded”), teachers, and classmates. The lack of tension in the plot is resolved halfway through when Melody, at age 10, receives a talking computer, allowing her to “speak.” Only those with hearts of stone won't blubber when Melody tells her parents “I love you” for the first time. Melody's off-the-charts smarts are revealed when she tests onto her school's quiz bowl team, and the story shifts to something closer to The View from Saturday
than Stuck in Neutral
. A horrific event at the end nearly plunges the story into melodrama and steers the spotlight away from Melody's determination, which otherwise drives the story. Ages 10–up.
Starred review from October 31, 2016
This long-overdue audio narration of Draper’s 2010 middle grade novel is a breakout performance for voice actress Johnson, who skillfully brings together childlike sensitivity and grown-up gravitas as she gives life to Draper’s character Melody Brooks. Confined to a wheelchair, Melody is physically trapped by cerebral palsy, but the condition hasn’t slowed her prodigious mind; Melody is a genius, as her parents have always suspected and her fifth-grade classmates and teachers are about to find out. Johnson captures Melody’s frustration when she cannot communicate, her elation when technological advances finally allow her to, and her sadness when others still regard her with fear or suspicion. Johnson also voices the novel’s other characters with wisdom and compassion, including Melody’s parents and the tough-as-nails neighbor who pushes the girl to excel. Older children and their parents will enjoy the way Johnson brings life to this unforgettable character. Ages 10–up. An Atheneum paperback.
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