# Out of My Mind

**Author:** Sharon M. Draper
**Lexile:** 700L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–7
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2010
**Page count:** 295
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781416971719`
**ISBN-10:** `1416971718`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-my-mind
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Melody, an 11-year-old with cerebral palsy and a photographic memory, cannot walk or speak but acquires a communication device and changes how her classmates see her. Draper's novel is widely assigned in 4th-6th grade disability-awareness units.

## Themes

- disability
- inclusion
- intelligence
- friendship
- family

## Content notes

- bullying
- ableism

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 10+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B contemporary addition](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 6-8 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

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