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In the book Stuck in Neutral, Shawn McDaniel is a fourteen-year-old living with cerebral palsy and is physically incapable of caring for himself. He also cannot speak, so his family members believe he's brain-dead—but he is not. Shawn has a perfect memory and can recall everything that has ever been said in his presence; unfortunately, he has no way of letting his doctors or family know that he's "alive" inside.
Shawn lives in Seattle, Washington, with his mother, his sixteen-year-old brother, Paul, and his seventeen-year-old sister, Cindy. Shawn's siblings attend Shoreline High School,...
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