Out Of My Mind Written By Sharon M. Draper Out Of My Mind is a beautiful fictional story from Sharon M. Draper about the life, triumphs, and struggles of an almost 11 year old Melody Brooks, a bright young girl with Cerebral Palsy. This 33 chapter long story paints a very clear picture of Melodys […]
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Just Ask
Written by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first Hispanic Latina member of the court, Sonia Sotomayor. Illustrated by Rafael Lopez. Be Different. Be Brave. Be You. Justice Sotomayor gifts the reader with a textual conversation about differently abled children. She gracefully makes a connection between the many different […]
The Might Heart of Sunny St. James
Written by Ashley Herring Blake Reviewed by Nicolina Hansen (2019-2020) Sunny St. James is a 12-year-old girl who hasn’t had her first kiss yet–and she’s due for a heart transplant any day. Among other items on her list of new life activities once she gets her new heart is to find a boy to kiss. […]
Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor
Be different. Be brave. Be you.