Out
of My Mind
By: Sharon Draper
Genre: juvenile fiction
Pages: 295
Published: 2010
Read: May
4.5 out of 5
Having Cerebral
Palsy (CP) myself (although very minor – nothing like Melody) I have always
enjoyed books about CP and other physical disabilities, if properly written. I
think it is important to educate everyone on the difficulties individuals
living with a disability face every day. Providing this in a fun entertaining,
sometimes sad, method such as a fictional novel is a great way to get the
message across. Similar to Out of My Mind, most fictional novels
about disabilities exemplify that these individuals are NORMAL people with the
same feelings and interest as everyone else. They may just not be capable of verbalizing
and/or physically following through with processes or thoughts. Draper does an
excellent job with this novel and the reader can really begin to understand
that these individual’s feelings can get hurt and they want to be accepted the
same as everyone. Another great book
about a child living with a disability is Rules
by Cynthia Lord; this is about a boy living with autism.
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