Stuck in Neutral
HarperCollins · Paperback · July 24, 2012
This "intense reading experience"* is a Printz Honor Book.
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- Who it’s for
- A spare, uneasy read that leaves room to think between the lines.
- Genres
- Disabilities & Special Needs for Teens, YA Family Stories, YA Illness & Disease Stories
- Published
- HarperCollins, July 24, 2012
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This "intense reading experience"* is a Printz Honor Book. Shawn 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. To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead.
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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. The paperback features an Extras section, giving readers even more insight into Shawn's life, and a Q&A with Terry Trueman. *Booklist starred review
Quiet Pressure
A spare, uneasy read that leaves room to think between the lines.
Come here for
- trim, direct prose
- a teen-book vantage on disability and vulnerability
Expect
- serious subject matter
- little padding, no fuss
Where it sits
| Disabilities & Special Needs for Teens | 93% |
|---|---|
| YA Family Stories | 37% |
| YA Illness & Disease Stories | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- YA Sibling Stories
- YA Health & Daily Living
- Religious YA
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- Social Themes for Teens
- Disabilities & Special Needs for Teens
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Mental Illness for Teens
- Authors
- Terry Trueman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 24, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age