Out of My Mind (The Out of My Mind Series)

by Sharon M. Draper

shoes

Good how her words that she points to on her board are bolded. Easy to understand.

Elvira

Names Medi-Talker Elvira after the Oak Ridge Boys song

“I love you.”

So touching when Melody tells her parents for the first time "I Love You".

Mom nods in agreement. “I know you’re right, but— but . . . it’s just so much harder for Melody.” “No, it’s harder for us. We have to figure out what’s in her head.”

Insightful!

“When Melody Brooks took that little practice quiz with us last week, I thought it was a lucky accident that she did so well. But yesterday Melody blew us all away. She got every single question right.” He pauses, making sure everyone is taking this in, and then he says, “All of them.”

Yay for Melody!

“Do I look okay?” Claire asks, smoothing her dress. “You look great,” Molly assures her. “You know, it really ought to be you up there instead of Melody,” Claire says loud enough for me to hear.

Author appears to have overdone it on how mean Claire and Molly are to Melody.

I just sigh. I can’t do anything right. I don’t want to be all that—I just want to be like everybody else.

Trevor says the same thing