Melody Brooks is the main character in the book "Out of My Mind". She is disabled and unable to speak, but has an intelligent and creative mind. Mansa Musa was a real-life king of the West African Mali Empire in the 14th century who went on a famous pilgrimage to Mecca. In the story, Mansa Musa appears to Melody through time travel and tries to recruit her to help invent weapons and machines to make his empire stronger, but Melody declines as her life is in the present.

1. By: Colby C.
And Nick B.

2. Out of my Mind
Summaries Mansa Musa
Some characters from Out Of My Mind Mansa Musa was born
are: Melody Brooks, Penny Brooks, in the 1280’s , became a
Rose , Connor, Mrs. V., Chuck Brooks, king in 1312,lost his
“Mom”, Claire, Molly and that about royal privileges in 1337
sums it up for some main “need to at the time of his death.
know” characters.
Summary Interesting Facts About Mansa Musa
Melody is a disabled girl
who can’t talk and she’s Mansa Musa believed
been holding all of her strongly in Islam (he’s
thoughts in her head and it Muslim), before he was king ,
suddenly bursts out… he was an importer of the
Malian empire.

3. Melody Brooks Mansa Musa
Both Able-bodied
Not able-bodied
Did
Is a girl notable Of the
things African
American empire, Mali
Both were
Modern day Boy
strange
girl
Good King
things
turned Not alive
out in in modern
both of day
their
lives

4. Melody Brooks and Mansa Musa
Melody is somewhat Musa I, also known as
isolated because of Mansa Musa, was
her disabilities but she born in the 1280’s,
has enormous became king in 1312,
willpower and wits and went to the extreme
never fails to amaze for religious purposes,
us, because with all including his
the negative attention pilgrimage to the
she gets, me or Nick Egyptian city known
would both go insane . as Mecca, and all the
while gifting people
with his precious
African gold, proving
his wealth. Sadly, for
all the African
peoples, he died in
1337.All in all, he was
very generous.

5. Slide 5
“3! 2! 1! Surprise ! I’m Mansa Musa from the past and I am here to interview Melody
Brooks, the one with enormous natural smarts and wits. The one with this title will
receive enormous sums of my gold and will be a god. Even the flowers shall shiver in
your presence . Who is the one I speak of?”, erupted a loud melodic voice and a young
man sashayed into my view. “I am, I guess,” My Trish-voice said. “YOU!,” he screeched
seeming dismayed by my disability . “Yes, and I have brains of steel ,” Trish hooted,
sounding dismayed by his rudeness and lack of courtesy. “Yes, it is you that I saw in my
dreams, here, my slaves will bear your wheeled mechanism and tonight we will have a
feast, because you will be able to help us build new war machines to crush our enemies
and bring the land into harmony and peace. You will help us give us other un-warlike
inventions as well, though. The kingdom of Mali will have even greater riches and will be
feared by all of her weak and cowering enemies .All assuming you will come though??!”
Yes I will help your country, King of Mali, but I will not come with you, for I was born into
this time and in this time I shall stay, for all of my friends and family are here,” Trish said.
The young, rather handsome man looked rather dismayed. “Oh well,” he said looking as
if his world was coming apart. “My son would be proud of me for trying. Farewell Melody,
knowledge holder.” And then with a pop he disappeared. Everyone looked as if nothing
had happened, though I don’t think anything did seem to happen to them and the wiz

6. Slide 5
“3! 2! 1! Surprise ! I’m Mansa Musa from the past and I am here to interview Melody
Brooks, the one with enormous natural smarts and wits. The one with this title will
receive enormous sums of my gold and will be a god. Even the flowers shall shiver in
your presence . Who is the one I speak of?”, erupted a loud melodic voice and a young
man sashayed into my view. “I am, I guess,” My Trish-voice said. “YOU!,” he screeched
seeming dismayed by my disability . “Yes, and I have brains of steel ,” Trish hooted,
sounding dismayed by his rudeness and lack of courtesy. “Yes, it is you that I saw in my
dreams, here, my slaves will bear your wheeled mechanism and tonight we will have a
feast, because you will be able to help us build new war machines to crush our enemies
and bring the land into harmony and peace. You will help us give us other un-warlike
inventions as well, though. The kingdom of Mali will have even greater riches and will be
feared by all of her weak and cowering enemies .All assuming you will come though??!”
Yes I will help your country, King of Mali, but I will not come with you, for I was born into
this time and in this time I shall stay, for all of my friends and family are here,” Trish said.
The young, rather handsome man looked rather dismayed. “Oh well,” he said looking as
if his world was coming apart. “My son would be proud of me for trying. Farewell Melody,
knowledge holder.” And then with a pop he disappeared. Everyone looked as if nothing
had happened, though I don’t think anything did seem to happen to them and the wiz