Stuck in Neutral

Trueman T

ISBN 10: 0340805994 / ISBN 13: 9780340805992

Published by Hodder Childrens Books, New York, 2000

About this Item

Signed by the Author on the title page. 121pp. The book looks unread.

Seller Inventory # 005073

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stuck in Neutral
• Publisher: Hodder Childrens Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340805994
• ISBN 13: 9780340805992
• Binding: Boards
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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...

About the Author

Terry Trueman was born in Alabama and has been writing since he was seventeen. 'Stuck in Neutral', Terry's first novel, is based very loosely on experiences related to the birth of his first son, Henry Sheehan McDaniel Trueman. Terry lives in Spokane, Washington, with his second son, Jesse. In addition to writing, he teaches college English classes on live television. 'Stuck in Neutral' was a Michael L. Printz Honor book in 2001.