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Subject: Stuck in Neutral

Author:
Caroline Benson

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Date Posted: 03:15:17 06/15/07 Fri

I read Stuck In Neutral by Terry Trueman. This book is told in prespective of a fourteen year old boy who has ceberal palsy. Which mean that when he was born his brain got damaged so now he cant talk or control any part of his body. His name is Shawn. When Shawn was about four years old, his father left because he couldnt stand all of Shawns seizures, he has at least five seizures a day. His father is a writer who has received a few awards, mainly from his book, "Shawn", which is actually about his son. Nobody seems to understand Shawn and think that he doesnt understand anything. Only, Shawn can understand everything that anybody says, he also has this amazing gift of remembers every thing that any one has ever said. Shawn lives with his sister Cyndy, brother Paul and his mother. Occasionally, his father will stop by but Shawn thinks that his father is trying to kill him because he left them because of Shawn and he just cant take anything that Shawn does and doesnt understand Shawn at all. He also is always talks to people about ending his Pain. When Paul and Cindy get called down stairs to speek with their mom about their father's new project about Earl Detraux, a man accused of murdering his disabled son, Shawn's family starts to get worried about what he'll do to Shawn, just like Shawn did but now nobady knows for sure what will happen. Will Shawn get killed or will everything be fine and what they thought was going to happen way off?

I really liked this book because I think I learned alot because I used to think of those kids who can't do anything to be useless and stupid but now I learned that sometimes they are smart but just can't speak or control their reactions to any one. 115 pages 3 stars.

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