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

by Sharon M. Draper

“But a person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart!”

Melody is able to figure out things, communicate, and manage in a world where nothing works right for her. She’s the one with the true intelligence!”

I don’t think they get paid very much, because they never stay very long. But they should get a million dollars. What they do is really hard, and I don’t think most folks get that.

“I dare anything for my daughter,” Mom replied, her voice dangerous, “and for the rest of these children!”

It has never occurred to me that there are kids like me in Germany and China and France who need a machine to help them talk.