Out of my mind
뇌성마비가 있는 소녀가 멜로디(Melody)가 주인공인 소설. 공감각과 포토그래픽 메모리가 있음. 2024년에 영화화되었는데 영화에서는 뇌성마비만 있는 걸로 나온다.
Ollie spent all day long swimming around that small bowl, ducking through the fake log, and then swimming around again. He always swam in the same direction. The only time he’d change his course was when Mom dropped a few grains of fish food into his bowl each morning and evening. I’d watch him gobble the food, then poop it out, then swim around and around once again. I felt sorry for him.
I’m sure Butterscotch would have preferred a nice thick bone instead, but she can’t talk either, so both my dog and I get what they give us.
철없는 애비:
“Well, you pay more attention to the baby than you do to me!”
Garfield is a cat who has a lot to say, but all his words are written in little circles above his head. He can’t really talk, of course—he’s a cat! But sometimes that’s how I feel—like wouldn’t it be cool if I had somebody to write the words over my head so people would know what I’m thinking? I could live with that—large floating bubbles above me, speaking for me.
Go eat happy.
Fifth grade started a few weeks ago, and a couple of cool things have happened. Well, I didn’t get a gadget that makes Garfield-like speech bubbles over my head, but I did get an electric wheelchair, and our school began something called “inclusion classes.” I thought that was funny. I’ve never been included in anything. But these classes are supposed to give kids like me a chance to interact with what everybody else calls the “normal” students. What’s normal? Duh!
Nobody pays any attention to me, which is perfect. I can almost forget who I am.
He spoke directly to me, not Mom or Catherine! I like him right away.
I grinned and punched in C - Synesthesia. Not only was it one of Mrs. V’s vocabulary words, it was me!
It’s like somebody gave me a puzzle, but I don’t have the box with the picture on it. So I don’t know what the final thing is supposed to look like. I’m not even sure if I have all the pieces.
마지막 장에서는 멜로디가 학교 숙제로 자서전을 쓰면서 시작한다. 자서전 앞부분이 1장 내용과 동일. 책 전체가 멜로디의 자서전이었다는 설정.