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.
A compelling and emotional analysis of the Republican Party’s evolution into a faction dominated by religious fervor and industrial ambition. With Christian Nationalists at the helm, the party has enacted significant legal changes, such as the reversal of Roe v. Wade, all while maintaining a veneer of diversity. Witness the intricate connections between various Christian denominations and extremist groups, illustrating a party that has diverged significantly from its traditional origins. Now representing nearly half of...
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Excerpt: In our pool, swimming, (if you wanna call the time I spend here just floating around, paddling a bit, “swimming,”) I see an ant near me, not drowned yet, paddling around in circles with zero chance of getting out of the pool and surviving. I scoop him up and toss him onto the deck where, as is always the case when I do this, he freezes for a moment, jerking his little head from...
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Cheaters Inc. & Dumb Luck LTD. Want to know what it takes to make it as a writer? A candid look at an author’s unexpected path into the world of term paper mills, inspired by a fleeting childhood memory of a man selling essays. A harsh look at another writer who ‘makes it’ as a result of his greatest tragedy. Delve into the motivations behind writing to contrast the dreams of fame with the harsh...
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Christian Pollution: Polemics & Absurdities spotlight negative aspects of American Christianity. Christians have long blamed minority Christian groups for their religion’s more racist, violent, and theocratic elements. In truth, many mainstream Christian sects share thes In truth, many mainstream Christian sects share these same beliefs and seek enforcement of them through the lawe same beliefs and seek enforcement of them through the law, yet Christians continue to claim these elements do not represent Christianity. Vincent...
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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...
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Beauty’s Path by Vincent V TriolaParadoxes Chapter 1: The Filthy Beauty of IneleganceRead on Substack Uncle Walt, Father Abraham, & You by Vincent V TriolaA Poem of Americans Worth Remembering Chapter 1: Simplicity’s Hideous IneleganceRead on Substack O Evil You by Vincent V TriolaPuzzles: Chapter 1: Simplicity’s Hideous IneleganceRead on Substack The Beast by Vincent V TriolaYou’ll know him when you see him: Chapter 1: Simplicity’s Hideous IneleganceRead on Substack
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Yer gonna become some street bum, some lunatic loser! by Vincent V Triola Gettin Weird Chapter 1.Read on Substack Oh Captain my Captain & Rum and Coke by Vincent V Triola Gettin Weird Chapter 2.Read on Substack Bay Camp Juvenile Detention by Vincent V Triola Gettin Weird Chapter 3.Read on Substack Dan Mender, Prison sous chef? by Vincent V Triola Gettin Weird Chapter 4.Read on Substack Red Hair & Freckles by Vincent V Triola Gettin...
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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, José 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...
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In a busy coffee shop, a robbery goes wrong. Two gunmen hold seven hostages, including teenager Zach Wahhsted. What nobody realizes at first is that Zach is anything but ordinary and his troubled mind is more dangerous than any weapon. Terry Trueman has created a compelling character with the same shocking power and heartbreaking compassion as his Printz Honor Award debut novel, Stuck in Neutral.
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Stuck in Neutral, a Printz Honor Book, introduced the world to Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen-year-old kid with cerebral palsy. But what happens next? Shawn's got a new perspective on life. But no one has a clue. That's because they can see only his wheelchair, his limp body, his drool. What they don't see? His brain, with perfect auditory memory. And his heart, which is in love with a girl. And his fierce belief that someday...
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Three years after his father's suicide, Jordan is a self–described zombie. With no friends and no interests, Jordan has made sure he is invisible and alone because it's easier to get by that way. But then salvation comes in the most unlikely form. It's gorgeous, and it's sexy–a 1976 Corvette! Drawn by this beautiful car and the doors it opens for him, Jordan realizes that maybe he can start living. But on the path to...
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Christian Crazy by Vincent V Triola Sexy Drunk Christians: Chapter 1 Polluted Thinking Part 1Read on Substack Alcoholism that isn’t a disease by Vincent V Triola Sexy Drunk Christians: Chapter 1 Polluted Thinking Part 2Read on Substack Nothing Says Stupidity Like Christian Purity by Vincent V Triola Sexy Drunk Christians: Chapter 1 Polluted Thinking Part 3Read on Substack Hey, women, shut-up, get in the kitchen, & cook me up some respect by Vincent V Triola...
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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...
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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...
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These writings are NOT for children or teens. If you’re an adult or almost an adult and you like them, great. Otherwise, you probably should find something else to read. The writings here are snapshots of my soul. That’s all. If you’ve ever loved me or been loved by me, ever disliked me or been disliked by me, if you’ve ever had much of anything at all to do with me or me with you,...
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