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Denise Lewis Patrick. Melody Ellison 3-Book Set
Meet the Ellisons. CHAPTER 1
Table Talk. CHAPTER 2
Let Your Light Shine. CHAPTER 3
Another Home. CHAPTER 4
Dances and Dollars. CHAPTER 5
Mother’s Day Surprises. CHAPTER 6
A Family Reunion. CHAPTER 7
Signs and Songs. CHAPTER 8
The Power Inside. CHAPTER 9
What Feels Right. CHAPTER 10
The Walk to Freedom. CHAPTER 11
Fireworks. CHAPTER 12
Practice. CHAPTER 13
Never Give Up. CHAPTER 14
One Sunday. CHAPTER 15
Scary Stuff. CHAPTER 16
Whispers. CHAPTER 17
Voices Lifted. CHAPTER 18
INSIDE Melody’s World
Melody’s Eve. CHAPTER 1
Watch Night. CHAPTER 2
Double-Digits Birthday. CHAPTER 3
Challenges. CHAPTER 4
The Block Club. CHAPTER 5
Books and Banners. CHAPTER 6
We March! CHAPTER 7
Wish List. CHAPTER 8
Grandfathers and “Grandflowers” CHAPTER 9
Singing Together. CHAPTER 10
Open Doors. CHAPTER 11
More Letters. CHAPTER 12
Important Work. CHAPTER 13
Standing Tall. CHAPTER 14
Civil Rights. CHAPTER 15
Keep Going. CHAPTER 16
A Playground and a Party. CHAPTER 17
INSIDE Melody’s World
A Journey Begins
ABOUT Melody’s Time
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t was a perfect day in May, and Melody Ellison could hardly wait for her father to pull the car to a stop in front of her grandparents’ house. Every Sunday, Melody and her family had dinner here after church. But today was different. Melody was almost bursting with news. She hopped out of the station wagon so quickly that she forgot to hold the door for her sister Lila, who was coming out behind her.
“Hey!” Lila shouted, but nine-year-old Melody was already halfway up the front walk. She only slowed to look at the purple petunias clustered near the steps. Then she skipped up to the front porch and peered into the big front windows. She could hear music coming from inside, and couldn’t help tapping her shiny shoes. Music always made her want to move.
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“You won’t catch me protesting or picketing or marching in any street,” Dwayne interrupted, working on his third helping of potatoes. “I’m gonna be onstage or in the recording studio, making music and getting famous.”
Mr. Ellison shook his head, and Melody knew there was going to be another argument, the way there always was when Dwayne talked about becoming a music star.
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