Fuera de mí

Author

Sharon M Draper

Call Number

• SPANISH J DRAP (CEN)

Languages

In Spanish. En español.

Publication Information

Buenos Aires : V&R Editoras, [2014]

Physical Description

279 pages ; 20 cm

Audience

700 Lexile

Summary

Melody es la chica más inteligente en la escuela, pero nadie lo sabe. La mayoría de las personas, incluyendo a sus profesores y médicos, creen que ella está cognitivamente desafió y le han colocado en educación especial. Si ella sólo podía compartir lo que piensa y lo sabe, pero la melodía no puede hablar, caminar o escribir. Los lectores serán movidos por su unidad y perseverancia.

"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school--but no one knows it. 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. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows ... but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write." "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. At last Melody has a voice ... but not everyone around her is ready to hear it."--Dust jacket of the original English language edition.

Notes

Includes reading group guide.