Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Out of Mind--Finished!

I finished this book!  It was a great read and I highly recommend this for everyone—especially those who are fans of Wonder.  I WISH I would've  had this book as a classroom teacher.  There was tension as Melody, the main character, falls victim to discrimination.  

They don’t invite her to breakfast before they leave for the championship tournament because it’s inconvenient.  The other students and parents weren’t being malicious, they didn’t want the burden.  Then, Melody is faced with a devastating situation (I won’t share it because I don’t want to give it away!) and the reader is sad.  The reader feels for Melody—we are empathetic!  And, isn’t that what we want from ourselves as teachers?  From our students?  We want them to feel empathy towards others and to create a culture of caring in our classrooms.

Then, after the dust of the above event settles, we are faced with yet ANOTHER turn of events…. Ahh!  Why?  We had the conflict and we are working towards the resolution of the story and BAM, the unexpected happens.   I am still trying to figure out why the author opted for this in this story’s plot.  As a reader (and as a mom), this plot twist was wrenching and by this point, I didn’t find it necessary (again, won’t give away this plot twist).   After finishing, I was left thinking that this is a great read – one I would definitely recommend to each of you… however, my vote would be to eliminate the second sad event in this story – it’s just too much pulling on my heartstrings! 

I can't wait to catch up with what you all are reading!  



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