characters
About Melody
The competion
Vocabulary
The story
100

main character

Melody Brooks

100

disabilities that Melody has

paralysed and mute

100

What it is

Whizz kids 

100

Cerebral palsy

common motor disability

100

Author

Sharon Draper

200

who got hit by a car

Penny Brooks

200

what she uses to talk

medi-talker aka Elvira

200

What Melodys score is in the practice

perfect 100%

200

Verbalize

express in words

200

Genre

realistic fiction

300

Mother of main character

Diane Brooks

300

her friend

Rose

300

who helps the class prepare

Mr. Dimming

300

diagnosis

identity of the nature of an illness

300

Theme

Living with a disability

400

Father of main character

Chuck Brooks

400

what her disability is actually called

Cerebral palsy

400

did they win the first round 

yes

400

tentative

not certain 

400

Setting 

Ohio

500

The family dog

Butterscotch

500

Melodys sitter

Mrs. V

500

why did they lose the 2nd round 

because they left melody

500

ecology 

the environment as it relates to living organisms

500

Melodys grade 

Grade 5