Melody (Phoebe-Rae Taylor), who has cerebral palsy, has all her intelligence stuck in her head. Though she can't speak, her heart is rich and soaring. She is discriminated against and frustrated along the way when she attends a normal elementary school. But she wants to prove to the world that what you say is more important than how you say it.
The movie is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Sharon M. Draper.