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This story has told me that a big change can be very hard and it can be pretty challenging to go through it by yourself and always have your friends and family by your side.

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My character Miranda and her family and the rest of the world. Are in shock after they watched a meteor crash into the moon causing it to get into closer orbit with the earth and after that traumatic accident. Miranda and her family are freaking out so is the whole world so can they overcome this great challenge?

Life as we knew it

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This book was really amazing, and it opened my eyes in a way, and teaching me that even if people care about me, what they think about me won’t affect me unless I let it affect me. I definitely enjoyed making the checkpoints, and I was eager to see what happened next, I was excited to see how the story played out, and what it ended with. I hope the author Cynthia Lord makes a sequel, if not already.

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My view on Diversity is that everyone is different and that's what makes us all equal. For Melody in my book was diverse because she was different and she excepted other peoples differences in room H-5 and even in her other classes. Lastly, my view on empathy is pretty much the same. Melody in the book had empathy because she shared feelings and had feelings towards everyone .

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I like Out of my mind over all! At some parts of the book it was boring because they just wrote a sentence saying how she was acting instead of giving the readers detail. I hope that the writer makes a book #2 of Out of my Mind!!!!

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I loved this book from the start, it was very interesting and it changed my point of veiw

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I loved the book from beginning to end, I wish there was a second book, or like a movie

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I loved the book from beginning to end, I wish there was a second book, or like a movie

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My thoughts on empathy are about the same as before although I have thought about more throughout the book and understand it more now that I know what it is, I think diversity is the difference between people, and that can sometimes lead to casting out and being mean to each other.

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I loved this book from the start.

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My view on empathy is just the same as before. I just understand it better. In order for it to count, you actually have to feel the empathy for one another.

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the book was great i loved it it was amazing.

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When I read this book I was already loved it. It was an amazing book and it had the point of view from someone that is different in a good way.

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This book was amazing and the second I read it I was drew into it. The book was a very great lesson to teach about empathy. The book was VERY heartwarming and interesting. Once i started i couldn't stop. Overall this book was top notch and i would love to read something like this again! Now i can relate to people like Melody. ui

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its kind of a 50/50 for me, because it had some good parts that to where if you go deeper it to the lines you can see the truth about the story.

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is great i fell a lot of emotions like happy sad and when your life is irritable go back and read the book and think.

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This novel has helped me to understand better that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Melody is in a wheel chair. She drools and sometimes reacts to nothing. You might think she is stupid just because of how she looks. It turns out, she is smarter than some sixth graders.

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the personal takeaway from this novel rules is never go against someone you like or love don't fight and just because people are differnent dos'nt mean make fun of them.

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After reading out of my mine my view on empathy and diversity is I understand that some people have a lot to go through and I have empathy for people that have more to deal with than we do.

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After reading my book I realize that more people have disables now and that we still judge them and that's not right because just because some one is different from us

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My view on empathy and diversity after reading is that both empathy and diversity play a big part in friendship. If people do not have one or the other, trust issues begin to grow, and more complications arise on the way. If a person is having a hard time, it is honestly an amazing feeling when someone comes nearby and kind of assures you that they have been there, and it will get better in the future. Overall, I think empathy is greatly needed to understand people, and is a definite tool toward solving problems.

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This book was very entertaining because, with one life changing event she still was strong and confident and kept herself in check while everyone doubted her

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the book rules i dont like it because it was to sad....

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My view on empathy is that you need to have empathy for all people. Empathy can come and go as it pleases but you need to make it stick with you in your mind knowing that if i take the time to understand what other people are going through and help them you have empathy. Empathy is not something you can use against people you use it to help and heal people.

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This book is really interesting because it shows how a little girl with cerebral palsy got interviewed instead of her other teammates.

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one personal takeaway is that you should put yourself into someones shoes and just not your shoes. ofr an example when Catherine was pouting she thought about herself only.

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my view on it is that people don't show enough empathy and emotion to others and act like they have to limit the expectations to the "their" friend group.

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I understand what it feels like to do something what you don't want to do and always have to be thinking about something else.

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This book was amazing I loved the detail and just the story was well thought out.

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The book Rules was amazing and I like how there was a different problem in each chapter.

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i really enjoyed reading this book it was kind of boring in the beginning but it got better and it was interesting because i have cousin that has the same disability as melody (the main character in out of my mind) and now i kind of know how he feels and i can relate to him now.

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My personal takeaway was that we need to be kind to people that may have a disability like Melody. We need to appreciate that we are very lucky that we can walk and talk  or speak our thoughts. Sometimes we think that we have nothing or everything is so unfair for us, but we forget that there are people in this world that can't even talk.

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Empathy means to understand and share the feelings of other.

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Any further comments that I have about Rules is I Like this book because is was good, because the ending was neat.

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What I took away from this novel is that it is important to be yourself and accept who you are, and not to bother trying to change someone because they decide who they are.

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I now partly know how hard it is to manage a sibling with autism and it can be difficult and frusterating.

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My personal take away from this book is that every family is different and that's OK.

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After reading the book Rules I felt different about empathy and diversity and how other people feel

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I liked this book because it makes you wonder about how he did all the things he did during this time.I like how Misha always tried very hard to understand thing and be very good at things.

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after reading my book out of my mind i feel different about diversity i know how some people feel even though i have never had a disability  and you really never know how the people feel now i put myself in their shoes and imagine how hard it would be.

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i liked this book because it showed that you should not treat anyone different for the way you look but its whats inside your mind that matters.

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The personal takeaway from the novel is don't judge a person by their looks.

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My view on empathy and diversity after reading Life as we knew it, is that everyone should be treated equally no matter if they have a disability, or even a situation in their life. It doesn't change how they should be treating. Making someone happy by saying "Hi" or "Good morning" can make someones day and even placing yourself in someone else's shoes and figuring out how they must feel.

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what i learned from this story is what life gives you is all you have and your left with it

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you should show empathy for people because you might know what they are going through

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I liked this book because it shows how having a brother who has autism can be complicated but it can help show responsibility.

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my personal takeaway from the novel is,you should not let other people bring you down no matter what you should just keep doing you!

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My view on empathy and diversity after reading Rules is has changed. Now i feel different about this topic, because Now i understand how this people feel inside and outside.

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I took away that you should't bully or make fun of them for being different, because their just as simple and normal as you. Also you shouldn't isolate your self from others just because you thinl your not normal.

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It did not help my view on this because my book had nothing to do with this.

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A personal takeaway from the book in my life is probably feeling different. I know how it feels to different. I doesn't feel to good just like for melody. We sometimes don't know how it feels for people like her. All of there emotions words bottled up inside them. Everyone thinking that your dumb and you don't understand anything.

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A personal takeaway from the novel is that you should always show empathy towards someone, no matter what they are going through. Miranda didn't really have anyone to help her out when she needed it and she set the record that it is always nice to now that someone thinking of you and keeping you in their thoughts. She always tried to put herself in other people's shoes, as in their perspective.

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My personal take away is to always treat people well and be nice never make fun or insult people.

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I feel that after reading my novel, I understand that it can be hard for people who have disabilities and that I feel empathy for them because even though I don't have a disability, I know how it feels to be like that.

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My personal takeaway from the novel is To think about life differences because every living thing has a difference.

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My personal takeaway from the story is that no matter what you do nobody else has to like what you like to do.

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My personal takeaway from the novel was that don't try to change yourself so you can fit in with everyone else.

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my character Catherine was excited that she was getting a neighbor  and she was hoping it was a girl so she can have someone to talk to and stuff and then at the she was happy because she got her wish

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my takeaway is that a kid survive through terrible things and never gave up and had a bad attitude.

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The reflection of the main character is that Melody says that every word has a meaning and she has a million of them to say but she is almost eleven and she has never spoken one word. Melody tries her hardest to do anything she can to show her emotion. Melody has cerebral palsy and that prevents her from ever walking or talking, but melody learns more words on her word bored. That is the only way she was able to communicate with other people. Later in the book melody sees some sort of machine to talk with. Melody started to use that and she was very happy about that. Melody was about the smartest kid in her school. She was finally able to do something she had dreamed of

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The main character is Catherine. a extraordinary ordinary kid. she has a brother named David and he has autism. she has to thru life with him and make rules for him.

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my character catherine started out really sad then she started to get really happy as the story went on then as the story kept going she got more sad. catherine is a very bright nice person.

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The reflection of the main characters development is that In the beginning Catherine was mad and embarrassed about David 's autism, because it made him different from everybody else. Towards the end Catherine feels happy and good about differences in people.

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The main character, Catherine has evidently developed throughout the book, Rules, because in the beginning, she was strict on David, always checking the surrounding area looking for nearby people, scared that they might judge her for how ´absurd' and different David is from most people. It was hard for her to enjoy herself without worrying about what other people thought, and often made rules for David, excessively so he could seem ´normal´. But in the end, she realized that it was silly to care about what the world around her believed about her, or David. She let go of her insecurities, so she could let herself ´be free´ in a way. She accepts David for who he is, no matter what society thinks about them, whatever that may be.

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At the start of Out Of My Mind Melody couldn't say anything to anyone and tell people she loved them or express her feelings, so when she had a research project and wanted to do Stephen Hawking and learn how he got famous with his disability. She researched and found out that he used a Medi-Talker and told Catherine to print it out to show Ms. V and she did. They later got one and it had so much words she used it to talk to people and to express her feelings.

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my main character is Catherine she started off strong and bold and she started to fall with other kids and parents and she told herself to stay strong and she eventfully did and she maid it to the end,by keeping her cool and doing things she likes.like coloring and dancing in the dark

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The reflection of the mean character's development was that in the beginning Catherine  thought that she wished she could be normal and have a normal brother but as the story continues, she gets to know Jason better which makes Catherine start to think differently about people like her brother.

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My reflection of the main characters development is that she is happy that she has a friend next door and is surprised that she doesn't like most of the things that she does.

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My main character is Melody. At first, she just felt left out by everyone else. Nobody out of room H-5 payed any attention to her. She got a chance to go to regular classes, but she still was left out and not bothered. Later she got a helper and then she was able to actually express herself in class. She was really excited. Her helper helped her get an electronic talking bored. That made her even more confident. Later she got into a cool competition, and they earned a chance to go to Washington. That made her super confident. Her friends and family were always by her side. Then, her friends ditched her from the competition. The next day her world came crashing down. At the very end of the story she learned how to deal with life and that it can back stab you. Throughout the story she developed important skills due to peers and loved ones.

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Catherine was upset and feeling like she couldn't have a normal life at the beginning, then in the middle she started to lighten up and try to make friends and somewhat get in a relationship, finally she then realized she can have a normal life she still can have hope for the future no matter if some people think her and her disabled brother are weird.

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Catherine's development to some may not seem huge but I feel like it is a big change. So in the start Catherine was self conses about what people will think about her because of her brother. In the end however she opened up and can be her self and I know how hard that is. So her change was huge and can help her later in life

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The main character's name is Catherine. First She was really nervous that people will think David is annoying and just stay away. In the middle she met Jason then Kristy at the very end so she got even more scared that David would embarrass her. Near the end Catherine started Realizing that people don't really care or understand

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The reflection of the main characters development is that she started out as a really shy, quirky, and outspoken girl. But she gradually found herself getting caught up into drama, and it took a toll on her family life. She really got depressed and felt really lonely due to the fact that her friends split up and she was in the middle. Along with her stepmom, Lisa who is pregnant, she can't see the one person who helped her the most, and that was her dad. Her mom wasn't very supportive and Matt and Johnny couldn't always be there for her. She ended up going solo for a while and she ended up finding Dan. That really made her open up into this brave, kind and confident person. But she really taught me to be really independent and loyal person, and that is a very valuable life lesson.

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when the book first started Misha acted very dumb and clueless but as the story went he started to understand the true reality of what was going on around him even though he didn't truly know how bad everything was. When he started becoming older he had more knowledge and understanding of the way he lived.

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my reflection of the main character development is, at the beginning of the book of out of my mind melody (the main character) was very sad, or shy and really she did not no what she wanted melody got upset when she could not do things that others could. In the end of the book she got help and she made friends and could talk and maybe not walk but life was better for her because she did not care because she had people surrounding her that care for her and towards the end of the book she could be herself pretty much without worrying

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The reflection of the main characters development is that in the begging of the story Melody was just not so confident in what she could do with her mind and believed how smart she was. She kept feeling like she was not good enough for anyone. I think she has changed very, very much now since she has gotten her Medi-Talker but i think even though she can communicate with words i feel like she cannot communicate with her emotions. She has changed in many ways like having more self confident in her self and feeling like even though I'm different i'm different in a good way. I feel like this quot is best for this summary and the book. "You can't try to blend in, when you were born to stand out."

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When I read this book I loved it right away it was heart warming and let you see from a girl who wasn´t normal, but normal in her own way

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What I liked about the book is that it tells a lot about how smart Melody is.

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This book could've moved a liTTtTTlLEELEleleeelLELEL faster.

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If someone has a disability then I feel empathy for them because sometimes I know how they feel.

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It is a (raok) random act of kindness to do something for someone with a disability

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Empathy is where you feel bad for a person and truely

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I love how catherine begins to see and except davids differences throught the book.

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After I read this novel and I think about the word empathy it just fits in like the pieces of a puzzle. Melodys life story and how she lives could use a little empathy, because in her life kids think shes dumb and can´t do the things they can do. But guess what Melody proves the other kids right in the face that she can be smart.

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At the beginning I thought that the book was going to be boring , but....
it was a great and I what to read it again

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I feel that if someone has a disability

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It was very interesting and unique from other books.

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I now understand how crucial it is to accept people with differences is.

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A life lesson I learned from this book is that you should just keep on keeping on no matter what people say or think

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I thought in the beginning that the book would be happy and caring but, when i finished reading it was the complete different and it was pretty sad.

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I liked it when Melody had to face challenges like going to school, and communicating.

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My view of empathy and diversity is don't bully or don't disrespect people because of the way they are.