Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper

Paperback, 2012

NIST comments:

Y7: "It is really interesting and you learn lots of new things."

Publication

Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2012), Edition: Reprint, 320 pages

Description

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

Original publication date

2010-03-09

Awards

Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2012)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (First runner-up — 2013)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2013)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2013)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2013)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2012)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2012)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2012)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2013)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2011)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2012-2013)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2014)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2012)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2013)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Juvenile Literature — 2011)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Winner — 1st Place — 2013)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2013)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2012)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2015, 2016)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — 2013)
Mitten Award (Honor — 2011)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2013)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2019)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2012)
Josette Frank Award (Winner — 2011)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2012)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2013)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2014)
Sakura Medal (Chapter Books — 2012)
Maine Student Book Award (Nominee — 2011-2012)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Children's Book Award — 2012)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2011)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2010)

Language

Original language

English
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