{"product_id":"ghost-boy-the-miraculous-escape-of-a-misdiagnosed-boy-trapped-inside-his-own-body-9781400205837","title":"Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhost Boy \u003c\/em\u003eis the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe also see a life reclaimed--a business created, a new love kindled--all from a wheelchair. Martin's emergence from his own darkness invites us to celebrate our own lives and fight for a better life for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400205837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e185936 \/ Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martin Pistorius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649429434524,"sku":"9781400205837","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54d440dc-ab02-47b8-9821-5072dde5de8b.jpg?v=1603872731","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ghost-boy-the-miraculous-escape-of-a-misdiagnosed-boy-trapped-inside-his-own-body-9781400205837","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}