Sharondraper.com Website Review

Eleven-year old Isabella lives in two worlds. She’s a double-backpack-carrying child of divorce, so she lives with her mom one week, and her dad the next. In addition, she’s bi-racial, and she sees herself as the caramel swirl milkshake that resulted from her mom’s vanilla and her dad’s chocolate ice cream. Izzy is an accomplished pianist, and as she practices for a crucial recital, the black keys and the white keys of her life combine to create an unexpected symphony of race, terror, and finally peace. Almost two years on the NY Times Best Seller list! Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there’s no delete bu*ton. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school—but NO ONE knows it. Most people—her teachers and doctors included—don’t think she’s capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can’t. She can’t talk. She can’t walk. She can’t write. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind—that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice. .. but not everyone around her is ready to hear it. From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Dra*er comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a gi*l whose voice you’ll never, ever forget. I've tried to prepare everything you need for a meaningful visit.Teachers, librarians, or administrators will find loads of detailed information. I'm always glad to hear from parents, former students, and other interested individuals. Just click on email and I have been very blessed. Who am I? I'm a creator, a visionary, a poet. I approach the world with the eyes of an artist, the ears of a musician, and the soul of a writer. I see rainbows where others see only rain, and possibilities when others see only problems.