Stuck in Neutral By: Terry Trueman
Stuck in Neutral is such a great book. The main character in this book is Shawn McDainel. Unfortunately, he has cerebral palsy and has no control over any of the muscles in his body. He can't feed himself, can't swallow food or anything on his own, he has many seizers, and he is in a wheelchair. He also has no control of his bladder. Imagine not having any control of anything that your body can do. Shawn lives with his mother, sister, and brother. His dad obviously doesn't live with him but still loves him very much. He often sees shawn suffering by having seizers and he feels bad for him and doesn't think he deserves to go through this. Shawn gets the idea that his dad wants to kill him to "end his pain." Shawn is frightend and doesn't know what to do. His dad later goes on a talk show with a man, Earl Detraux, who killed his son to also end his pain. By what Shawn's dad said, Shwan is now very frightend. What will happen to Shawn?