Earlier this month, I read Challenger Deep and said it was a book that needed to be written. This is also true of Out of My Mind, the story of an eleven year old girl with cerebral palsy, and the struggles she faces with communication, mobility, and others' perception of her. Like Challenger Deep, Out of My Mind addresses a topic rarely talked about, told in such a poignant voice that, even though we may not face the same struggles Melody does, we relate to her. It's middle grade too, which is even better as it will help younger kids understand what some of their classmates may be going through, or at the very least teach them that someone's physical appearance is by no means a measure of their intelligence.