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The powerful story of a boy's fear and courage in the face of a force of nature too huge to even imagine.Based on Hurricane Mitch's devastation of Honduras in 1998, Terry Trueman's acclaimed Hurricane is a gripping, realistic story told from the perspective of a hurricane survivor.After hours of cowering in the dark with no lights, no warmth, and the terrible noises of the rain and wind pounding on the walls, Jos walks out his front door and steps into a nightmare. Everything is gone. Everything except for the desperate courage of those who survived that terrifying night. But his nightmare has only begun as he and the few who are left in his small village dig for survivors, search for food and water, and try to start pulling their lives back together.

I heard the gunshot and I knew what had happened. Even before I made it downstairs to Dad's office, I knew what he'd done.How do you live your life after catastrophe hits your family? How do you go back to football practice, or take a girl out on a date, or talk to your friends about normal stuff when nothing is normal anymore? Three years after his father's death, Jordan is still wondering. But then, salvation comes--in the form of a '76 Corvette. It's gorgeous, it's beautiful, it's incredibly sexy. And so is the girl who suddenly takes notice of him.Slowly Jordan realizes that maybe, just maybe, he can start living again. But the real question is: Does he want to?

This "intense reading experience"* is a Printz Honor Book.Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle--he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger.To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen--a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life.The paperback features an Extras section, giving readers even more insight into Shawn's life, and a Q&A with Terry Trueman.*Booklist starred review

Zach Wahhsted, a sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia, is caught up in the events surrounding an attempted coffee-shop robbery by two other teens who eventually hold him hostage. Reprint.

How sick is this: I'm the major jock-stud in high school, but my brother has the brain of a badminton birdie and a body to match. I've got everything and he's got nothing. I'm a three-year, three-sport letterman and Shawn can't even stand up Like I said, sick, huh? It's hard to be a brother to someone who doesn't even know you're there. How can you talk to him when he can't understand a thing you say? How can you listen to him when he can't speak a word? How can you love him when he's so messed up, he can't love you back? And how can you have a life of your own when your father bailed on the family, leaving you to be the "man of the house"? Fueled by rage at what has happened to his family, Paul is ready to explode. And he is haunted by something even worse--something he can never tell anyone. It is something he will have to face if he is to have any hope of a future at all. While Cruise Control is a companion to Terry Trueman's Printz Honor book, Stuck in Neutral, it is the completely independent story of a family's "other" son--the one who is healthy, gifted, normal. It is a courageously hopeful story told with power, compassion, and humor.

Ryan Turane, 17 years old, wants to be somebody, wants to make his mark on the world. When he gets the chance to chauffeur his idol, the famous writer Cole Hardt, he can't believe his good luck. Ryan figures that if anyone can teach him how to reach his goals of fame and fortune, it will be Cole. Soon after they meet, Ryan rolls his father's prized Corvette off the highway and into the woods where no one will spot them. Injured and trapped upside down as the night turns cold, Ryan learns more about the writing life than he ever imagined. But he also fears that he'll forever be known as "The Kid Who Killed Cole Hardt." Praise for The Killed Who Killed Cole Hardt "Terry Trueman has delivered a novel of uncommon perspective. Encapsulated in the wreckage of modern life, a subtle friendship is formed that transcends generational trauma, releases a heart's-cry elegy to Bukowski and Whitman, and symbolizes the poem that resides in the heart of everyman." --Shann Ray, American Book Award winning author of Balefire, American Masculine, and the poetry chapbook Atomic Theory 432 "Every aspiring young author will benefit from this book. Packed with wit and wisdom, The Kid Who Killed Cole Hardt entertains, illuminates and inspires." --Michael Gurian, New York Times bestselling author of The Wonder of Boys "Coming-of-age sometimes takes a knock upside the head, and by the end, Trueman's "kid" is anything but a kid. This book is perfect for that bright, next generation of readers and leaders looking to take the wheel. Literally and metaphorically, Trueman hands over the keys." --Will Weaver, Award-winning Y.A. author of Memory Boy "Another great story by Terry Trueman, whose books always hit squarely on issues of coming of age and learning important life lessons." --Edward Averett, Award-winning Y.A. author of Cameron and the Girls

Best known as an author of books for teens, Terry Trueman has always been a poet at heart. He has written poetry, off and on, for 50-plus years. The poems in this selection are NOT for teens or kids.Also by Terry TruemanPraise for Stuck In Neutral"Shawn will stay with readers, not for what he does, but for what he is and has made of himself." -Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Inside Out"Short, sharp and shocking. It's simply brilliant." -Pulse, Christchurch Public LibraryPraise for Cruise ControlCruise Control JS (starred Review) "This companion novel to Trueman's acclaimed Stuck in Neutral . . . is a disturbing but ultimately hopeful tale about anger and love and a must read for anyone who read Stuck in Neutral . . ." -Kliatt, September 2004Praise for No Right Turn"No Right Turn is intense and fast-paced, and just like with Trueman's previous titles ... readers will be left thinking about the main protagonist for a long time." -TeenReads.comPraise for Sheehan"I read Sheehan yesterday-it completely overwhelmed me with its power, honesty, imagery-all of it. I could not put it down or stop reading, for even a second." -Naomi Shihab-Nye, Poet and writerFor a complete list of titles visit www.terrytrueman.com