Out of My Mind
by Emily Gehlken
1. About the Author: Sharon M. Draper
1.1. Born in 1948
1.2. American children's writer and professional educator.
1.3. Contact the Author
1.4. Selected to 32 state reading lists
2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
3. Cover Photo
4. Characters
4.1. Melody Brooks
4.1.1. 12 year old girl with cerebral palsy
4.2. Mrs. Valencia
4.2.1. Melody's neighbor who helps her a lot
4.3. Penny
4.3.1. Melody's little sister
4.4. Butterscotch
4.4.1. Melody's dog
4.5. Catherine
4.5.1. Melody's student aid
4.6. Claire
4.6.1. A mean girl at school
4.7. Rose
4.7.1. Melody's friend from school.
4.8. Mrs. Anthony
4.8.1. The principal of Spaulding Street Elementary School
5. Summary
5.1. Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.
5.2. Video Summary
5.3. Sharon Draper's Summary
5.4. Chapter 1
5.5. Video Trailer for the book
6. Cerebral Palsy
6.1. referred to as CP
6.2. Term used to describe a group of chronic conditions affecting body movement and muscle coordination
6.3. Abbey Curran has CP
6.3.1. She has inspired confidence in young girls with disabilities.