


Half of his lines have something to do with his love for food (like saying the founder of McDonald's is his "kind of guy", claiming he can eat twelve bowls of spaghetti in one sitting, and asking Mr. Big Eater: This is mostly Connor's character.Alpha Bitches: Molly and Claire, who delight in making fun of Melody and the rest of the special education H-5 kids.In May 2022, it was announced that a film adaptation was being developed for Disney+, with Daniel Siepleman writing, Amber Sealey directing and Phoebe-Rae Taylor starring. A sequel, Out of my Heart, was released in November 2021. You can read some of Draper's thoughts on it, as well as an excerpt from the first chapter, on her website here. but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

She can’t write.īeing 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. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. 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. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. It was written by Sharon Draper and first published in 2010.Įleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Out of My Mind is a book for younger readers about a young girl with cerebral palsy.
