#Out Of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

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rereading a middle school book i still like (Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper) and i’m only just realizing how horrible the special ed classroom is for one of the background characters, oh my god

her name’s Gloria, and Melody mentioned that all she does is rock herself for hours in a corner of the classroom and that she’s pretty sure she’s autistic

and earlier, Melody said that her classroom was painted pink, with a bunch of smiling birds and flowers

oh my god that poor kid, if I were stuck in a bright pink classroom every day for 6 hours, i’d go insane, and i’ve never been overstimulated in my life, ajdndjdjdn someone save her

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Series info:

Book 1 of Out of My Mind

Book 2: Out of My Heart

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new and improved introduction!

hi my names kayle (pronounced kale) but you can just call me kay!

☆ i use she/they pronouns but im fine with he/him too

☆ my username comes from the hole song "i think that i would die"! (softer softest and asking for it were taken)

☆ the username im planning to change to (if its not taken) comes from the hole song "best sunday dress"

☆ im a minor + more on the younger side of being a teenager, creepy adults dni

☆ i like to write fanfics and original works! my favorite fandom to write for is the outsiders and my favorite genres of original works are dystopian and whatever genre torturing my ocs is (almost none of them have happy plotlines lol)

☆ ao3 acc: kaycherry

☆ pinterest acc: kaycherry (hole's version)

☆ discord: kayled.chope

☆ wattpad: kaycherry

☆ PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FLOOD MY AO3 INBOX AND MY ASKS, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY AND I BARELY GET ANY SILLY ASKS ON TUMBLR PLEASE

fic request info (if you for some reason wanna request something)

☆ i usually write anything for fics, however please be advised that some requests may be ignored if i believe i cannot accurately/respectfully portray the subject matter, or if it's something i'm genuinely terrible at writing, as i'd rather you get no fic at all rather than a terrible one

requests i won't take:

smut fics

incest fics

rape fics

pedophilia fics

☆ i also won't accept requests if i do not write for that fandom, or if i have not viewed/cannot view the original content

the fandoms i will write for:

every novel/webcomic in the osemanverse (it's called the osemanverse right?) [WITH THE EXCEPTION OF: loveless, i was born for this, and potentially nick and charlie {idk how different it is from heartstopper, so that's why i won't write for it}, as i have not read them yet] (happy somewhat-belated birthday, alice oseman :)

a good girl's guide to murder - holly jackson

divergent - veronica roth

the hunger games - suzanne collins (SUNRISE ON THE REAPING COMES OUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY I'M SO EXCITED!!!)

the selection - kiera cass (NOTE: as of writing this new intro post, i am not done reading the first novel, nor the rest of the series, so please refrain from requesting for this fandom quite yet [or do request fics for it, i can't stop you])

the outsiders - s.e. hinton

the lunar chronicles - marissa meyer (NOTE: as of writing this new intro post, i am only on cress, so please be aware that any fic written for this fandom might be inaccurate to the end of cress and inaccurate to the events of winter)

out of my mind - sharon m. draper (NOTE: yap yap yap i haven't read out of my heart yet, you get the point by now)

fish in a tree - lynda mullaly hunt

counting by 7s - holly goldberg sloan

vocaloid

the giver quartet - lois lowry

amulet - kazu kibuishi

animal farm - george orwell

1984 - george orwell

heathers

ride the cyclone

the middle

class of '09

azumanga daioh

project sekai/colorful stage

but i'm a cheerleader

the trail to oregon!

fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury

they both die at the end - adam silvera (I RECOMMENDED THE BOOK TO A FRIEND AND THEY THOUGHT I SPOILED IT BECAUSE OF THE TITLE. anyways fuck this book for almost making me cry after state testing last may)

barakah beats - maleeha siddiqui (I LOVE THIS BOOK SM I WISH THERE WAS AN ACTUAL FANDOM FOR IT UGH)

the simpsons

the sims 4

dog man - dav pilkey

dork diaries - rachel renée russell

diary of a wimpy kid - jeff kinney (jeff was a genius for making every book have exactly 217 pages)

murder, she wrote - stephanie kuehn (i'll also write fics for the original show, however they might be inaccurate, as i've never really watched it lol)

we were liars - e. lockheart (NOTE: yap yap yap, i haven't read the prequel, yap yap yap)

stardew valley

hairspray (yap yap i havent watched the musical or movie, only listened to the soundtrack [no new hairspray fics since 2023? dw hairspray fans, ill feed you])

project sekai/colorful stage (MIZUKIS NEW UNTRAINED CARD ITS SO MIZUOVER)

theres a few more but atp if my fandoms were food, i'd be able to feed a starving village

oh, and i'll also take requests for original works, whether if be your own or my original works. however, if they're your own original works, i request that you send me a post/posts with the story in it, or in depth lore about your characters, their story, all that stuff just so i can write it as accurately as i can (idc if it's through the ask or dms)

my favorite bands/musicians and my 5 favorite songs by them!

☆ Acid Bath

cheap vodka

venus blue

scream of a butterfly

cassie eats cockroaches

diäb soulé

☆ Alice in Chains:

nutshell

heaven beside you

grind

rooster

would?

Honorable Mention: Rotten Apple

☆ Bikini Kill

rebel girl

demirep

new radio

carnival

double dare ya

☆ Bratmobile

gimmie brains

girl germs

cool schmool

bitch theme

and i live in a town where the boys...

☆ Butthole Surfers

wooden song

jingle of a dog's collar

cough syrup

pepper

tv star

☆ Chappell Roan

casual

subway (CHAPPELL IF YOU'RE HEARING ME PLEASE RELEASE SUBWAY PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP)

hot to go! (the demo ver's bridge >>>)

red wine supernova

pink pony club

Honorable Mentions: Good Luck, Babe!, and Naked In Manhattan

☆ Courtney Love (Solo Work)

i'll do anything

nobody's daughter (nobody's daughter [album] is moreso courtney's solo work than actual hole)

skinny little bitch

wedding day

miss narcissist

☆ Fiona Apple

shadowboxer

pale september

valentine

paper bag

get gone

☆ Hole (I HAD AN ANEURYSM NARROWING DOWN 5 SONGS FOR HOLE AND LIVE)

whose porno you burn/burn black

asking for it

softer, softest

drown soda (specifically the Brixton 1995 Performance/Track 13 on My Body, The Hand Grenade)

petals

Honorable Mentions: sassy, the void, drunk in rio, northern star, dying, use once & destroy, he hit me (and it felt like a kiss) (cover of the crystals), and teenage whore

☆ Jimi Hendrix/The Jimi Hendrix Experience

manic depression

voodoo child (slight return)

all along the watchtower

the wind cries mary

...and the gods made love

☆ Kurt Cobain (Solo Work)

beans

poison's gone

opinion [home demo]

and i love her (cover of The Beatles)

letters to frances

☆ Le Tigre

phanta

deceptacon

TKO

hot topic

the the empty

☆ Live

operation spirit

deep enough

the dolphin's cry

all over you

shit towne

Honorable Mentions: the distance (LET HIM COME INTO THE CITY, LET HIM FIND HIS LUCKY PENNY, LET HIM PUT IT IN HIS POCKET AND SHAKE IT ALL AROUND 🗣🔥🔥‼‼🗣🔥‼🗣🗣🗣🗣‼‼), waterboy, pain lies on the riverside, selling the drama, and white, discussion

☆ Nirvana

polly

floyd the barber

lounge act

sliver

frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle

Honorable Mentions: smells like teen spirit, in bloom, about a girl, where did you sleep last night? (cover of leadbelly) [UNPLUGGED >>>], aneurysm, and rape me

☆ The Julie Ruin

blueberry island

ha ha ha (titled as ha ha ha armageddon on The Punk Singer: Original Movie Soundtrack)

run fast

girls like us

aerobicide

theres more but im tired

my favorite musicals and 5 favorite songs from them!

☆ The Trail to Oregon! - Team Starkid

naked in a lake

wagon on fire

pays to be an animal

lost without you

gone to oregon

☆ Heathers: The Musical - O'Keefe and Murphy

dead girl walking (original and reprise)

you're welcome (west end)/blue (off-broadway)

never shut up again (west end)

beautiful

shine a light (original and reprise)

☆ The Outsiders: A New Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp

trouble

run run brother

justice for tulsa

friday at the drive-in

little brother

Honorable Mentions: stay gold, tulsa '67 (original and reprise), runs in the family (original and reprise), hopeless war, and soda's letter

☆ Ride the Cyclone - Maxwell & Richmond

talia

the ballad of jane doe

sugar cloud

space age bachelor man

fall fair suite

Honorable Mentions: this song is awesome (BAD EGG ON THE YOUTUBE!!🔥🗣‼‼🗣🗣🔥🔥🗣), and the uranium suite

☆ SIX - Marlow/Moss

all you wanna do

haus of holbein

no way

don't lose ur head

ex-wives

☆ Be More Chill - Iconis/Tracz (I NEED TO READ THE BOOK SO BAD OML)

more than survive

the pitiful children

michael in the bathroom (unrelated but i HATE how michael is spelled the way it is and not like micheal. why cant we spell names like theyre pronounced [then again my name'd be spelled like klee, but whatever, my point still stands])

the pants song

i love play rehearsal

Honorable Mentions: the smartphone hour, the squip song, and two-player game

☆ Hairspray - Shaiman/Whitman/O'Donnell/Meehan

good morning baltimore

i can hear the bells

(the legend of) miss baltimore crabs

welcome to the 60's

(you're) timeless to me

guys please recommend me musicals to watch/listen to the soundtracks of. im already planning to listen (and watch if i can) to hairspray (watch), newsies (watch + listen), the great gatsby (watch + listen), beetlejuice (watch + listen [i wanna watch the og movie first {winona ryder ily}]), and teeth if there's a soundtrack available (the ad intrigued me)

bye

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just found out they made a movie out of one of my favorite books as a kid (Out of my mind by Sharon M Draper) and it’ll be out on Disney plus in a couple weeks so I’m excited for that

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27, 32, 42

My favourite book is Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper.

If I could go anywhere, I'd probably go to New Zealand, I've always wanted to visit there.

my five favourite blogs (in no particular order): @p1xelpc, @lesbonym, @sappho-favourite-pupil, @sapphickittykenz, aaaand @fortheloveofsapphics :)

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propaganda for Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

This was the first book i ever read where the main character was a kid with a disability. There's parts that piss you off on her behalf & others that make you happy because of her excitement, it's just overall a great but sometimes gut wrenching story. I won't spoil much because it's just a good book that everyone should read, especially now that a sequel is out (and also because it's been a while since i read it).

this book deserves some love if you don't have a vested interest in any other prelim book in round 6 🥺

If you'd like to vote for Out of My Mind, it's in poll #6

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'Out of My Mind'- Draper, Sharon M.

Disability Rep: Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User, AAC User, Non-Verbal

Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction

Age: Middle-Grade, Young Adult

Setting: USA

Additional Rep: N/A

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“out of my mind” is by far one of my favorite books, but i hate reading page 18 line three because the hard r is in it. im sorry sharon m draper im still a fan

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1 and 15 for the book ask game :)

probably the song of achilles. unless child me beat that out with out of my mind by sharon m draper. either way i've lost count.

15. babel: an arcane history by rf kuang. it's my favorite book i've read this year. it's a magical realist dark academia book about the hostility and exploitation of the british empire. it deals with its subject matter with the nuance it deserves, and as a result has some deliciously complex characters as well. would highly recommend babel for anyone who's into decolonialism, dark academia, magical realism, linguistics, or a good tragedy.

[schizophrenicbulbasaur]

Hi, I saw you were taking asks to practice your AAC!

What's your favorite book, or just a book you really like? Why do you like it? What was your favorite part?

/nf

hi! thank you for the ask. we don't really have a favorite book. a book we like is Out of my Mind by Sharon M Draper. it is about a girl with cerebral palsy who can't walk or speak but is very very smart. she receives AAC in the book, and that was the first time we had heard of AAC. we first read the book when we were 10 but we want to read it again.

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Jennifer Aniston & Jennifer Aniston in CP Film 'Out of My Mind' Trailer News Buzz

Jennifer Aniston & Jennifer Aniston in CP Film ‘Out of My Mind’ Trailer by Alex Billington October 4, 2024Source: YouTube “Sometimes I need a push, but I won’t be pushed around.” Disney+ has revealed the official trailer for Out of My Mind, an indie comedy by filmmaker Amber Sealey based on the novel of the same name by Sharon M. Draper. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival…

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Out of My Dreams by Sharon M. Draper

Out of My Dreams by Sharon M. Draper. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. 9781665949545 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book:   Melody from the Out of My Mind series, who is unable to walk or talk because of cerebral palsy, is back! In this book, Melody helps her elderly neighbor who has fallen…

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5,15,23 (i picked at random lol)

hi bee!!! how are you doing? thanks for dropping by!!!

5. What was your favorite book as a child?

ooh boy you opened a can of worms with this one. i was a massive bookworm as a child, like i read multiple books in a day, so it's literally impossible for me to choose,but if i had to compile the top five books from when i was younger it would probably look something like this (order doesn't matter):

-Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand. this book was what initially got me into writing, and i loved loved loved finley as a character because i identified with her so much

-Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. this book is something that deeply impacted me. as ashamed as i am to admit it, there weren't any special education kids at my elementary school so i was kind of judgemental and snotty. this book literally rewired the way i looked at people with disabilities and helped me to grow so much as a person. to this day i still randomly think of melody, and remind myself to be a better person.

-Any and all Tamora Pierce books. These books introduced me to the idea of a badass fantasy female main character and i completely fell in love with the genre. I will always carry these books in my heart. they are my comfort books

-Wing of Fire series by Tui. T. Sutherland. i was obsessed, and still am obsessed, with dragons. i started reading this series when i was six, and when the 15 book series came to an end last year, i cried because i had literally spent the last eleven years of my life constantly waiting for the next book, then it was over. it felt like my childhood had ended

-Serafina and the Black Cloak series by Robert Beatty. this was literally my entire personality for three years. like i was a catamount for three halloween's in a row. i just loved the innocent romance, and how strong and fierce serafina was

15. Which element best represents you?

That's a really hard question to answer for me, but i think i would say wind maybe?? i'm very free-spirited and energetic, but i can also go from being completely calm and friendly to furious and raging to depressed and sad in a matter of minutes so...

23. Have you ever met someone famous?

So I've met Natalia Yurchenko and Chellsie Memmel, and they're famous gymnasts but other than that not really. I guess that the grandson of my grandma's best friend plays d1 college basketball, and his dad was a nfl player, but i've only met him once or twice

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