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Stuck In Neutral


volume 1, Stuck in Neutral

No. of pages 128

Published: 2002

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Great for age 11-18 years

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Shawn has cerebral palsy: highly intelligent, he has no control whatsoever over his body or its functions. His eyes wander or settle without control. His mouth, tongue, swallowing muscles all have a life of their own. No act of will by Shawn can affect anything he does or anything that happens to him. Yet Shawn's mental life is full of dreams and hopes and love and appreciation of all that is around him - music he happens to hear, things and people that happen to cross his line of vision. Then Shawn begins to fear that his father - from despair at Shawn's condition and believing that Shawn has no life, and never can have, is no more than a vegetable, and never will be - is planning the unthinkable - to put him out of his misery - to kill him...

 

This is volume 1 in Stuck in Neutral .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Terry Trueman has worked as, among other things, a therapist, a community college writing instructor and an annuities salesman. He is also a political activist, a public radio film critic and a published poet. He is also the father of Sheehan, who has severe cerebral palsy. STUCK IN NEUTRAL is his first novel.

This book is in the following series:

Stuck in Neutral

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards
This book was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.

Iowa Teen Award
This book was recognised by the Iowa Teen Award.

Black-Eyed Susan Award
This book was recognised in the High School category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award.

Michael L Printz Award For Excellence in Young Adult Literature
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.

Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award.

Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.

Kentucky Blue Grass Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Kentucky Blue Grass Award.

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