Secrets, not all of them credible, abound among the eighth-grade protagonists of this disappointing novel. Delia has managed to hide her inability to read from her parents and teachers, but she doubts ...

In her new novel for young readers, Ohio native Sharon M. Draper returns to bright, engaging 12-year-old Melody, who refuses to let her cerebral palsy define her life. “Out of My Heart,” publishing ...

Fans of two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper have reasons to celebrate this fall. Draper’s new middle grade novel Out of My Dreams—the third in her bestselling Out of My Mind ...

It was 2010 when author Sharon M. Draper introduced readers to Melody, an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, in the book Out of My Mind. The character immediately resonated with readers not only ...

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Copper Sun, a Coretta Scott King Award-winning historical novel written by Sharon M. Draper and published in 2006, chronicles the story of 15-year-old Amari, whose life is forever changed when her ...

Sharon M. Draper's bestselling novel Out of My Mind has found a place around the world, in the classroom, and in the hearts of readers, and now, it's heading to streaming. This week, Disney+ will ...

Bestselling author Sharon Draper, author of “Out of My Mind,” will visit two Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. schools on Oct. 21 and appear at the Bartholomew Reads Authors Conference/Literacy ...

Disney+ will adapt Sharon M. Draper’s Out of My Mind from page to screen as an upcoming movie. The project comes from Big Beach, Participant, EveryWhere Studios LLC and Disney Branded Television.

Although Draper had so much success with the book, she was not so sure that she wanted to continue to write about Melody. But she couldn’t deny the legions of students, teachers and parents who had ...