Stuck in Neutral
by Terry Trueman
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 780L · 2000
Why we'd hand it over
A Printz Medal winner that doesn't look like a ''lesson'—fourteen-year-old Shawn is funny, furious, and utterly conscious while his cerebral palsy keeps him nonverbal, forcing readers to question everything they assume about disability, consciousness, and what a parent might believe they're choosing.