*WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS A LOT OF SPOILERS*
Out of my mind is a book written by Sharon M. Draper. I can’t remembhen I saw the cover of the book for the first time that made me feel like I need to read it. Yes, I first see the cover of a book and the decided if I read it or not by reading the back cover.
I had this novel as a present from my uncle and aunt for my 21st birthday because they read my book list. I was so excited to start my new lecture that a few days later I began the story.
(I loved the spanish cover, by the way)
The novel is narrated in first person by Melody, an eleven year old girl that suffers cerebral palsy, this is why she can talk or make almost any conciousness movement with her body, sometimes she can control her hands. She tells her life since she had conscience of it. Her parents always treat her like a babyand sometimes she will love to tell them that stop doing it, she is not a baby anymore, but obviously, she can’t. Of course, she know her parents love her and that that’s the reason they treat her in that way.
I remember that at one point her mom took her to the Doctor so he can tell them how Melody’s condition is so far. He makes questions and ask her to do some movements or put some blocks in a specific place. Melody knew the answer of every question and also knew where to put the blocks, she said everything on her mind, but she wasn’t able to move her body, in fact, her body moved by itself and made the wrong answers, it was so frustating. It was worst when the Doctor told her mom that Melody was profoundly retarded. No matter what the Doctor said, her mom let her go to a school.
When Melody started school was horrible, of course she wasn’t popular or had any friend, after a whiler Rose started talking to her. I have to say that even her teachers treated her good, one specifically, trated her like a retard. As Melody was so smart, her parents with the help of a foundation were able to buy her a machine that talked, something like what Stephen Hawking has. Thanks to that machine she was able to take an exam and had the best score, after that she went to a contest with a group of classmates and won, they won thanks to her. The prize was a trophy and be on a famous TV show. The day they had to travel to the city where the final was going to be, nobody told Melody that the time was changed, so she missed the contest. Oh, my gosh, I swear I hated all of them, and their parents, and their teacher, and Rose, her “friend”. Melody was so sad, ugh. The kids lose, they lose because they didn’t have Melody, their best member. When Melody returned to school the ‘’team’’ decided to give her the losers trophy, Melody looked at them and say that she didn’t deserve it, because it was a trophy for the losers (she said something like that), after that she broke the stupid thing and left the class like a total badass.
This book is completely amazing, despite the fact that probably will make you cry like a baby, well that is mostly why it is amazing. It makes you feel everything that Melody feels, when she is sad, frustrated, angry, happy. I totally recommend this book, you would not regret nothing.
Just for the record, I stil hate those stupid fictional kids and teacher.