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Out of My Mind - Community Reviews back

by Sharon M. Draper, Sisi Aisha Johnson
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The Cheap Reader
The Cheap Reader rated it 12 years ago
Melody’s story is a great one. I have a soft spot in my heart for stories like this one. She is constantly having to fight to be treated like everyone else. While the story was good, it was also a bit predictable. There’s the typical drama that goes hand in hand with school: snotty popular kids, kid...
JonathanPeto
JonathanPeto rated it 13 years ago
This book impressed me before I read it. Some of my students read it this year and they really liked it. I was curious about how it kept their interest, because I knew the narrator has cerebral palsy, can't talk, and is basically stuck in her own head. And let's face it, I really wondered how the au...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 13 years ago
Amazing book. Perfect for grades 3-8. Inspiring story. Doesn't hold back and isn't sappy. If you like realistic fiction and stories that touch many emotions, you will like this. A similarly inspiring book: Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
Megan @ The Book Babe's Reads
Megan @ The Book Babe's Reads rated it 13 years ago
please read my review at thebookbabesreads.blogspot.com
Heartless Lyn @ Great Imaginations
Heartless Lyn @ Great Imaginations rated it 13 years ago
Some books are like a snack - light and easy, but still enjoyable. Some books are like a meal - it gives you many ideas and concepts to chew for a few days. Then you have dessert books - not good for you, but so much fun! This book had to rate a a seven course meal."Out of My Mind" is just as cle...
julieharrison
julieharrison rated it 14 years ago
I had a strong emotional reaction to this book, and would tear up while I was reading it on my lunch break. I hope that a lot of kids get a chance to read it, and start to think about disabilities in a different way. The sadness and hope of last few chapters was realistic and well-done.I was disappo...
Peace, Love & Books
Peace, Love & Books rated it 14 years ago
This is well-done, although the goldfish incident metaphor was terribly obvious. A stronger novel, also told from the perspective of an adolescent with CP is Accidents of Nature Harriet McBryde Johnson (Henry Holt, 2006).
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