Sharon M. Draper
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
(2010)Format(s):
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Eleven-year-old Melody, a brilliant fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording, and has no delete option. She’s the smartest kid in the entire school, but no one knows it — her parents and teachers have always believed that she can’t learn, because she can’t talk. Then Melody discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time, but not everyone is ready to hear what she has to say.