Stuck in Neutral
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 128
Published: 2002
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is part of a book series called Stuck in Neutral .
There are 128 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 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.
Disability And Special Needs in literature
Special Needs in literature
Emotions And Feelings in literature
Siblings in literature
Mental Illness in literature
This book is in the following series:
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award
This book was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards.
Iowa Teen Award - Grades 8-12
This book was recognised in the Grades 8-12 category of the Iowa Teen Award.
Iowa Teen Award
This book was recognised by the Iowa Teen Award.
Black-Eyed Susan Award - High School
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 - YA
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 - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award.
Rhode Island Book Awards - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Rhode Island Book Awards.
Kentucky Blue Grass Award - Grades 6-8
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Kentucky Blue Grass Award.
'An extraordinary journey into the landscape of someone else's mind ! a seriously good book that cuts to the heart of issues concerning the disability ! a real page-turner.' -- Lyn Gardner, Book of the Month in The Guardian 'a moving, thought-provoking novel, whose subject matter lingers in the mind.' -- Anne Marley, Principal Librarian, Children's and S 'An intensely moving autobiography of adolescent angst and supreme loneliness. It's an impressive book, harrowing to read, and very difficult to forget.' -- Marilyn Brocklehurst, Norfolk Children's Book Cent 'Extraordinary, prize-winning novel ! a page-turning thriller as well as a celebratory book about simple pleasures.' -- The Sunday Times, July 2001 ' Readers spend the whole book inside a place ... so vivid, so unique, they will be hard pressed to forget its mix of heaven and hell ... An intense reading experience.' -- Booklist Starred Review ' ... a fascinatingly horrifying premise. Is there anything more scary to us than being trapped inside a broken body that doesn't work ... ?' -- The Enterprise 'Stuck in Neutral is a marvellous book full of hope and humour and one I would actively encourage 12+ readers to pick up.' -- Samantha Eels Taylor, BfK July 2001 ' ... a truly unique journey into the mind of a truly unique character ... an original and moving debut.' -- Amazon.com '! this book will not easily be forgotten ! one which has much meaning and deserves to be read by many.' -- Kids Out 'Because it lends itself to the unknown and tells us things we normally would never even think about and because the narrator's down-to-earth, open-hearted candour is so persuasive ... Stuck In Neutral is a page-turner of a novel- exciting, approachable, inclusive.' -- Carousel Issue 19
