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Honestly, I'm not a big fan of this. Still will finish it for Charlotte, but there's not enough nuance for me. Granted, I expect that in middle school reads, but even for that, it is not amazing. The focus on rote memorization as a sign of intelligence is a weird choice.

So i have the movie cover of this book on my library app. I have not seen the movie, but Melody is depicted in the Disney movie as white. Sharon Draper clearly wrote the family to be black, and I know Sharon is black. I'm very mad at Disney.

Great middle school read. I prefer something more nuanced, but being in education, I know exactly what Melody needed for school, so getting to that point was frustrating.