Head Case Author:Sarah Aronson From Booklist — "One mistake. One bad night. One too many drinks." Radiating anger and despair, Frank?paralyzed from the neck down in the wake of a traffic accident that also killed a classmate and a pedestrian?checks out of the hospital and into the care of his overprotective mother and generally absent father. Aronson tucks credible details int... more »o her bleak cautionary tale, such as Frank's increasing sensitivity to sounds and to the taste of each bite of food. She also gives him a no-nonsense occupational therapist who briskly fills him in on sexual techniques for quadriplegics and gets him out of the house for wheelchair driving lessons. The ending is tidy: Frank sees his parents coming back together over him, and he begins to climb out of his inner slough thanks to an unexpected ally and his decision to address a high-school assembly. But this will make a strong impression on readers with its raw emotion and bitter narrative tone.« less