At first this seems impossible for a person like a Melody. She decides she, like all kids her age, wants goes to summer camp. In Out of My Heart, Melody is 12 and “she has basically overcome all the school-related problems that she can with her limitations.” But wait, you haven’t seen “nothing” yet. Remember her from Out Of My Mind where she begins to conquers her body? Melody was trapped in her cerebral palsy body and we watched her come to life as she emerged through her persistence and the gift of technology. Our beloved Melody Monroe is back and much more grown up. Draper for a well written and thoroughly researched book. This is a talented author, well done to Sharon M. So Melody with her funky wheelchair and sparkles, her fiery personality and unreliable limbs got to learn about life and find friends, all those simple things us able bodied folk take for granted. They were apprehensive to let her go but she loved every moment. Melody's family were very lovely and supportive, the process of camp application showed us to be a very serious one. I felt it was a little bogged down in the minuate of the every day routine, but I loved that the kids could do all the fun stuff - horse back riding, swimming, flying fox, dancing, art. The author writes an easy to read and flowing tale of the new found freedoms experienced by tweens at a camp for kids that are not as able bodied as their peers, kids that wouldn't normally be able to have this freedom and experience. This could be read as a stand alone, but I think better read in sequence. It was some time ago, and there were a few references to her experience of attending a school competition where she was left behind by her peers, and the simple concept of not fitting in. This is a great story for young readers, and of course, readers like me that fell in love with Melody in book number one. She is gutsy, affable and very switched on.
Melody is not even yet a teenager, but she is a very smart young woman. Just like every other kid that can do these things without a care in the world. It was so good to see Melody attend camp, just like all the other kids at school.
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