this review is 19 years after i’ve read the book so it’s all based on my vague memories of a 10 year old. i LOVED this book as a kid. it was so unique to me then and i was in terror the whole time as his dad has clearly lost the plot. i remember feeling just the undeniable drive to live from the main kid. lots of reviews below consider this book incredibly ableist and it may be. i don’t remember. i was too young to notice. what i do remember is seeing his father as a terrorizing villain and the book focusing on the boy’s will to live. i definitely have to read this one again to see how muddy my memories are…