Out of My Mind

Melody Brooks is eleven years old, remembers everything she has ever seen or heard, and knows thousands of words — but cerebral palsy means she cannot walk, feed herself, or say a single one of those words out loud. Too many adults read her body and decide what must be behind it, and the school sorts her into a classroom where the alphabet is taught again every year. Melody knows exactly what is happening to her and has no way to say so. After a classmate’s laptop gives her an idea, Catherine helps her research speech-generating devices; Melody’s family orders a Medi-Talker and helps her make its voice her own. For the first time she can answer back — in class, at the school quiz-team tryouts, and to classmates who have never asked what she thinks. Sharon M. Draper’s novel, winner of the 2011 Josette Frank Award and a New York Times bestseller, is told entirely in Melody’s own voice. These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel, with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, SAT & TOEFL-style practice, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.