![]() The stiffness in her hands and arms means she can’t hold onto a pencil or spoon, though she has enough dexterity to mash the buttons on a television remote and to move her wheelchair by grabbing knobs attached to the wheels. ![]() Melody is unable to walk or talk she can’t feed herself or use the bathroom without assistance. Melody reveals that, at her current age of eleven, she has never spoken a single word. However, the words and memories have always been trapped in her head. Melody remembers all the phrases, expressions, jokes, and love songs that she has absorbed over time she retains the memory of every song her father has sung to her and every phrase her mother has whispered since Melody was two years old. She lists a number of unconnected words-including pomegranate, iridescent, sneeze, wish, worry-and notes that such words, each as unique as a snowflake, have piled up deep within her. ![]() The narrator, Melody Brooks, opens the novel by commenting on how she has always been surrounded by words. ![]()
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