Out of My Mind

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting and now an original film on Disney+!

"A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." --School Library Journal (starred review)
"Unflinching and realistic." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a story that will forever change how we all look at anyone with a disability, perfect for fans of RJ Palacio's Wonder.

Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can't walk. She can't talk. She can't write. All because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She's the smartest kid in her whole school, but NO ONE knows it. Most people--her teachers, her doctors, her classmates--dismiss her as mentally challenged because she can't tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. And she's determined to let everyone know it...somehow.

Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/09/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781416971702
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136421 / Out of My Mind


Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Winner
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Second Place
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Winner
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Maine Student Book Award - Second Place
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Winner
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Winner
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Nene Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Sasquatch Award - Winner
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Winner
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Winner
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Winner
Award: Children's Book Committee Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Mark Twain Readers Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 02/15/2010 pg. 132
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2010
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 156
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2010 pg. 53
Ebony 06/01/2010 pg. 46
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2010 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Multicultural Review 08/01/2010 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
BookPage 03/01/2010

About the Author
Sharon M. Draper is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She's won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She's also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.