Melody was in the news paper because of her school winning the knowledge competition, but instead of all of them getting credit, she was the only one because of her disability.
"'You're famous!' Huh? She gets me out of bed, straps me into my chair, unplugs the Medi-Talker from the charger, and hooks me up. Then she places the morning paper on top of it. There I sat plastered on the front paper of the newspaper." (Draper 239-240) Melody's teammates become very upset that she is getting so much attention, so when they won a very important competition to go to Washington D.C. to have an appearance on Good Morning America , they didn't invite her.
"'You're famous!' Huh? She gets me out of bed, straps me into my chair, unplugs the Medi-Talker from the charger, and hooks me up. Then she places the morning paper on top of it. There I sat plastered on the front paper of the newspaper." (Draper 239-240) Melody's teammates become very upset that she is getting so much attention, so when they won a very important competition to go to Washington D.C. to have an appearance on Good Morning America , they didn't invite her.