Stuck in Neutral

Stuck in Neutral

By Terry Trueman

Pages: 114

ISBN: 0064472132

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Setting: Shawn McDaniel’s Mind

This book was an interesting one. I loved reading it. It has a serious manner with humor at the same time. It is told from Shawn McDaniel’s point of view. You see Shawn has cerebral palsy. He has no control over any of the muscle in his body. This everything from his hands and feet to his eyes, he is totally dependent on his family. The hard part is his family has been told his entire life that Shawn is pretty much brain dead. He has no hope for the future he is stuck in time. He goes to school where is taught the same thing day after day. Here’s the kicker, Shawn thinks his dad is planning to kill him, and Shawn has the evidence to back it up.

The origanl reason I wanted to read this book was because of my last boyfriends, who happened to have cerebral palsy. He isn’t like Shawn, he has much more control over his body and is in great health. He doesn’t have seizures like Shawn, but I was hoping that maybe the book could give me a better understanding as to why my last boyfriend acted the way he did sometimes. And it actually helped a lot. I think this book would a great way to get special needs people a little more of a positive rap.