(originally posted on March 5, 2007)
I haven't been so touched by a story in quite a while. McGhee's background in young adult fiction is plainly evident in this story of paraplegic teen adjusting to a new city, a new life and to one little girl's belief that he is, in fact, a superhero. FALLING BOY is a wise meditation on dreams cast aside, only to be reborn in entirely new and thrilling ways. Would that all superhero books could be as poignant as this...
