Sharon M. Draper

This gripping, chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, by turns pulse-pounding and inspiring (Kirkus Reviews), shows that all it takes is one bad decision for a dream to become a nightmare.Diamond knows not to get into a car with a stranger.But what if the stranger is well-dressed and handsome? On his way to meet his wife and daughter? And casting a movie that very nighta movie in need of a star dancer? What then?Then Diamond might make the wrong decision.Its a nightmare come true: Diamond Landers has been kidnapped. She was at the mall with a friend, alone for only a few brief minutesand now shes being held captive, forced to endure horrors beyond what she ever could have dreamed, while her family and friends experience their own torments and wait desperately for any bit of news.From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, this is a riveting exploration of power: how quickly we can lose itand how we can take it back.

When the Ku Klux Klans unwelcome reappearance rattles Stellas segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de force from Sharon Draper, the New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind.Stella lives in the segregated Southin Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she cant. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasnt bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something theyre never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. As Stellas communityher worldis upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. And she learns that ashes dont necessarily signify an end.

When Romiette Cappelle meets Julio Montague, she feels as though she has met the soul mate who can rescue her from her recurring nightmare about fire and water.But like the Shakespearean characters whose names echo theirs, Romiette and Julio discover that not everyone approves of their budding romance. In their case, it is because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic, and the Devildogs, a dangerous local gang, violently oppose their interracial relationship.When the Devildogs threaten to teach them a lesson, Romiette and Julio come up with a risky plan to escape from the gang's fearsome shadow.But things go terribly awry, and the two find themselves caught up in a deadly reality more frightening that Romiette's nightmare -- and in a desperate struggle to avoid the tragic fate of Shakespeare's famous young lovers.

Worte sind schon immer um mich herumgewirbelt wie Schneeflocken ein jedes zerbrechlich und einzigartig, ein jedes schmilzt unberuhrt in meinen Handen.Tief in meinem Inneren, haufen sich die Worte in riesigen Verwehungen. Berge von Satzteilen und Satzen und zusammenhangenden Begriffen. Clevere Redewendungen. Witze. Liebeslieder.Aber nur in meinem Kopf.Ich habe nie ein einziges Wort gesprochen. Ich bin fast elf Jahre alt.

Mélodie n est pas une enfant ordinaire. À cause de sa maladie, elle ne peut ni marcher ni parler, mais elle a une mémoire photographique : elle se souvient de tout ce qu elle a vécu dans les moindres

Età di lettura: da 12 anni.

«És impossible tancar aquest llibre sense veure el món d'una altra manera.» PUBLISHERS WEEKLYLa Melody és la nena més brillant de l'escola, però ningú no ho sap: té paràlisi cerebral, va en una cadir

Després de l'èxit de Fora de mi, arriba una nova història de la Melody, una noia extremament intel·ligent que té paràlisi cerebral que ja va demostrar que tenia una veu pròpia molt potent.  Ha arriba

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl who cannot speak or write.Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroomthe very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And shes determined to let everyone know it... somehow.In this breakthrough storyreminiscent of The Diving Bell and the Butterflyfrom multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper, readers will come to know a brilliant mind and a brave spirit who will change forever how they look at anyone with a disability.