** spoiler alert ** 
 For the past 2 years I have had a lot of freshmen girls ask if I have this book and also if it is available to check out. I had never read it and didn't know that much about it because I knew the main character was in elementary school. But I am so glad that I picked it up! This was such a lovely story. It made me laugh, smile and cry (it's been a couple of years since I cried during a book). Melody is definitely the kid that you root for and hope that students at your school are being nice too. This is definitely a must read for special education teachers at any age level. Although some of the parts were predictable I still wanted to sit and read this all the way through.