Melody does so well academically at school that she makes the Whiz Kids quiz team that will compete in a locally televised tournament. Catherine puts Melody on the path to obtaining a Medi-Talker, allowing her to speak digitally. Catherine encourages Melody to become the best she can be and to shut out the naysayers. Melody begins attending inclusion classes at school, allowing her to move into more challenging courses in the regular school community.Īt school, Melody receives a personal aide named Catherine, and the two become fast friends. Melody is happy to have a sibling, although it is difficult to watch her sister grow up being able to walk, talk, and control her movements. Melody’s parents have a second child, Penny, who is born healthy and whole. V assists the Melody in learning how to read and communicate with a board full of written words and phrases, navigating her new computer, and preparing for the Whiz Kids quiz tournament. V, who convinces Melody that she can succeed in the world. ![]() Her parents are loving and highly supportive of their daughter, but there are times when even they cannot understand what she is trying to tell them.Īs a young girl, Melody is cared for by the next-door neighbor, Mrs. Melody also has no physical control over her body and is confined to a wheelchair. OL15408617W Page_number_confidence 89.51 Pages 326 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.11 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210417153453 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 363 Scandate 20210406223248 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781416971719 Tts_version 4.Melody is highly intelligent, loves words and music, and has many things that she would like to say, but due to her cerebral palsy, she is incapable of communicating in a meaningful way. Land of Enchantment Young Adult Book Award, 2013Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:00:33 Boxid IA40088820 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 2012-2013 Washington Library Association, Sasquatch Reading Award, 2013 but not everyone around her is ready to hear it."-Jacketīank Street College: Josette Frank Award, 2011 Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind - that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. but she can't, because Melody can't talk. ![]() If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. Most people - her teachers and doctors included - don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. She's the smartest kid in her whole school - but no one knows it. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. "Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Publication date 2010 Topics Cerebral palsy - Juvenile fiction, Children with disabilities - Juvenile fiction, Communication - Juvenile fiction, Interpersonal relations - Juvenile fiction, Genius - Juvenile fiction, Gifted children - Juvenile fiction, Synesthesia - Juvenile fiction, Prejudices in children - Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, American - 21st century, Cerebral palsy - Fiction, Communication - Fiction, Genius - Fiction, Girls with disabilities - Fiction, Photographic memory - Fiction, People with disabilities - Fiction, Interpersonal relations - Fiction, Eleven-year-old girls - Fiction, Fifth-graders - Fiction, Cerebral Palsy, Disabled Children, Communication Adis for Disabled, Cerebral palsy, Children with disabilities, Communication, Genius, Gifted children, Interpersonal relations, People with disabilities, Prejudices in children, Synesthesia, Physically handicapped - Fiction Publisher New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor The Arcadia Fund Contributor Internet Archive Language English
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