Blindside

By Aidan Chambers

Subjects: Accidents, High interest-low vocabulary books, Fiction, Readers (Elementary)

Description: Nate's a brilliant runner and dreams of athletic stardom - but fate intervenes. Nate is blindsided when he is involved in a horrific bike collision and his whole life is knocked off course. Stuck in a hospital bed and lamenting the loss of his mobility as well as his shattered dreams, the other people on his ward help Nate see that giving up on life is not the answer.