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Thursday, January 29, 2015

a YA nonfiction

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body

By: Martin Pistorius

Genre YA nonfiction

Pages: 286

Published: 2013

Read: January

4 out of 5


When I started this book, I didn’t realize it was nonfiction. So that took me for a surprise. As heartbreaking as the story is I appreciated it more knowing it was all true. I can’t imagine what happened to Martin happening to one of my children or myself. The most mystifying and terrifying aspect (to family, doctors, and the readers) was Martin was not born with the degenerative disease. When he was 12, Martin woke up feeling sick and continual worsened until he couldn’t feed himself, talk or walk.  This should be read by anyone who enjoys nonfiction or enjoyed the fictional novels, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper or Petey by Ben Michaelsen.  

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