Out Of My Mind

1). Out of my mind has many voices because the story focuses on a 10 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy who is really smart but can’t speak or move. When reading this book you get a look at what life is like when you have Cerebral Palsy and how difficult it can be.

2)The theme of this book would have to be the struggle of being different.

3) Melody Brooks: (The Main character of this book. Sister of Penny. Has a mom and a dad)

Penny Brooks:( The younger sister of Melody Brooks. Is often brought up in the story. Always carries around a stuffed animal)

Rose: (Melody's “Friend”. Melody likes her, but it seem as if Rose is just pretending to like Melody. Has red hair)

Ollie: (Melody’s goldfish. Melody made a big connection with her fish because she could relate with him on how he was trapped in his little bowl and couldn’t get out. He jumped out of the bowl one day and died).

4)The setting is in Ohio in the present times. The story takes place at Melody’s school and her house.

5)The point of view is first person with Melody Narrating it. She refers to herself as “I”

6 )The plot of this book is about a 10 year old Melody Brooks who has Cerebral Palsy. She can’t move or talk but, she is the smartest kid in her class. Throughout the book she gets bullied. She tries proving herself to her classmates by

The character are plausible and all their thoughts and feelings seem appropriate. They all acted like they would be expected to act. She also wrote with the difference between genders. The boys acted differently than the girl. Another thing that Sharon did well was the use of symbolism. Near the beginning Melody was talking about her fish Ollie and how he jumped out of his cramped small little bowl and died. She felt like that fish so her thoughts was that she wanted to get out of the prison she called her body. Also her dog was symbolic of safety and