Now that I have finished reading all 20 Rebecca Caudill nominees for 2012, I can get back to some of the other books on my reading list. Having heard Sharon M. Draper speak at the Anderson's YA Literature Conference in September, I realized I had never read one of her books. Everyone at the Conference raved about Out of My Mind so I started with that one. Wow! The story is told by Melody who has a photographic memory but no one knows about it because she has cerebral palsy, can't speak or move on her own and is confined to a wheelchair. She, and the other handicapped students in her class, are treated like imbeciles until the day she gets a computer that speaks for her. Although her world suddenly opens up, her problems are not over yet. Out of My Mind can be found in the Fiction section with the call number DRA.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
TOO GOOD TO OVERLOOK
Now that I have finished reading all 20 Rebecca Caudill nominees for 2012, I can get back to some of the other books on my reading list. Having heard Sharon M. Draper speak at the Anderson's YA Literature Conference in September, I realized I had never read one of her books. Everyone at the Conference raved about Out of My Mind so I started with that one. Wow! The story is told by Melody who has a photographic memory but no one knows about it because she has cerebral palsy, can't speak or move on her own and is confined to a wheelchair. She, and the other handicapped students in her class, are treated like imbeciles until the day she gets a computer that speaks for her. Although her world suddenly opens up, her problems are not over yet. Out of My Mind can be found in the Fiction section with the call number DRA.
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