Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper
Melody is a fifth-grade girl with severe cerebral palsy. She has never been able... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Disability
Year Published 2010
Word Count 56,872
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 136421
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Cerebral palsy--Fiction
- Communication
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Communication--Fiction
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Genius--Fiction
- Genius
- Cerebral palsy
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- People with disabilities
- Interpersonal relations
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Honor, 2011
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Selection, 2011
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Winner, 2011
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