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 musclehe 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 seena spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life.Supports the Common Core State Standards