Staff Pick of the Week: Back Home by Julia Keller

This week's book pick is Back Home by Julia Keller.

As a member of the National Guard, Rachel's dad was called up to serve in the Iraq War. After suffering a traumatic brain injury and losing both an arm and leg, he's been sent home. But the man sitting in his wheelchair is not Rachel's dad. Sure, he may look like her dad (mostly, that is), but this man seems like an empty shell. He barely talks, and when he does, it's just a couple words here and there. He doesn't seem to ever want to get out of his wheelchair, even though supposedly he knows how. How can Rachel make the connection between what her dad can do and what he will never be able to do again?