Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius

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And Megan Lloyd Davies

Martin Pistorius was a normal child, climbing trees, and playing with legos in his room, until an unknown illness stole it all.

Waking up at sixteen, unable to communicate, and assumed by all to be severely brain damaged, Martin copes with his reality as best he can. He teaches himself to tell time by shadows, witnesses what people do when they believe themselves alone, and escapes into a vivid fantasyland all his own.

With humor and a sharp intelligence he recounts the various experiences, both good and bad, which make up this new life of his.

After years of this watchful but desolate existence, someone finally cares enough to see that there's someone behind the eyes that so many can't look into.
This small miracle opens the door to a life he never could have imagined, even in his wildest fantasies. A life of learning, and living, of longing, and finally of love.

Martin's is a powerful journey of dreams, and self discovery. In a way it's his coming of age story, if a little later than most, and a love story to boot. This is a spotlight on the best, and worst of what people are capable of, but always so full of hope and faith, even in the darkest of moments.

Forgive me one clichéd moment: if you read this book, I have no doubt that you will laugh, and you will cry. I did, more than once.
This was not an easy read for me, but I'd read it all over again, because I got something from this book that I never want to give up. Martin's faith and hope are simply contagious, and I praise Megan Lloyde Davies for writing his story so beautifully.

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