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Summary Of Out Of My Mind By Sharon M. Draper
The novel Out of my Mind, written by Sharon M. Draper, is about the disabled girl Melody, who can not move or talk, but is one of the smartest children her age. The novel tells the reader her thoughts. The first few chapters introduce the reader to her family with telling about her early childhood, how she looked like a usual baby but later just never learned to talk or move. When she gets older and her parents want her to go to school, people first think that Melody is not good enough to learn and understand things, and this opinion is shared by students and teachers. But Melody is smart and the first one who noticed the pregnancy of her mother with her little sister Penny, who is born as a child without disabilities. When Melody makes it,

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