Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can't walk or talk. She also can not write. This is all because she has cerebral palsy. However, she also has a photographic memory-she can remember every detail of everything she experiences. She is the smartest kid in her whole school, but no one knows it, well, except her. Most people-her teachers, her doctors, her classmates dissmiss her as mentally challenged because she can't tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. She is determined to let everyone know that she is intelligent. Then, one day, a mechanical keyboard that will talk for her when she types in her thoughts arrives. By this keyboard, Melody proves that she is smarter than anyone in her school.
As I read this story, I thought about how hard and difficult would it be to not be able to walk, talk, or write. It will be totally irritating, especially because Melody knows so many things. As I read this story, I thanked my parents silently in my mind for I am not like Melody. We can learn lots of lessons in this story and we have to thank god that we are normal. I highly recommend this story to 5th or 6th graders and I hope they feel deeply moved like I did.
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