Stuck in Neutral - Terry Trueman

Shawn McDaniel is an enigma and a miracle, except no one knows it, least of all his father. In this powerful first novel, the reader learns to look beyond the obvious and finds a character whose spirit is rich beyond imagining. \n \nThis intense reading experience* is a Printz Honor Book.\n \nShawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle--he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger.\n \nTo the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen--a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life.\n \nThe paperback features an Extras section, giving readers even more insight into Shawn's life, and a Q&A with Terry Trueman.\n \n*Booklist starred review\n