Out of My Mind

The book that this book review is about is called Out of My Mind, it is by Sharon M Draper. In this book there is only one MAIN character, and her name is Melody. The main problem is that Melody cannot walk or talk, and that means she is in a wheelchair, and she cannot eat by herself so she needs to be fed, and she is in 5th grade! Most of the story takes place in Melody’s house, her neighbor’s house or the school that Melody goes to. But the actual state is Ohio, and the time is  the present.

If I were to describe Melody with three adjectives they would be, one smart. I say this because when Melody was 5 she went to the doctor to take a test to see if she could go to school. when she took the test she got more right answers than I would have, but she can’t talk! I also think that Melody is funny because she makes people laugh a lot. I also think that Melody is kind. Melody only has one friend, Rose and she is always really nice to her. Most of Melody’s problems are at school. One of the most interesting things that happens in this book is, when Melody finds a way to talk. Another interesting part was, when I saw the cover(the cover has a fish jumping out of a fish bowl and thought How does this have to do with anything? I think that the direction of the story does change, because Melody decides to take a test to be part of her school’s quiz team but I don’t want to give away the ending.

I really liked this book because I think that it is really interesting. But I don’t like this book because Melody’s sister almost gets killed, but I am not going to tell you how or when, I am just telling you Penny almost dies.  I would recommend this book to anyone who likes realistic fiction books because this book is realistic fiction. My class is reading the book Wonder. I think the book Out of My Mind is a lot similar to the book Wonder. I rate this book five stars