My New Novel: 3 Seats from the Hero

Theodore Meyer has been called Teddy, T-Dawg, the boy with Down syndrome, and the kid who is lucky to be alive. But what he really wants to be called is important.

In my new novel 3 Seats from the Hero, two boys bond as first graders. Michael is the can’t-miss kid, the boy everyone talks about, the boy everyone wants to be around. Teddy is the baseball star’s little brother, the boy who dreams bigger than his challenges, the boy who longs to prove he is more than special.

Teddy and Michael take different paths through childhood, but as they grow and change, their unique connection remains. They are at the center of their intertwined families, who watch the friends step forward, stumble backward, and then make a decision that changes their lives forever.

3 Seats from the Hero is a portrait of two boys and their families laughing, learning, sharing, and sacrificing. It’s a story of parents and children, brothers and sisters, the things that bring us together, and the heroes who emerge when we're falling apart.

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My wife is a special education teacher who works with children with Down syndrome, and the idea for the novel came from her, along with a young man with Down syndrome named Lyndon who I got to know when writing stories about him for the Dallas Morning News.

I hope it's a story that will resonate with many people, and I believe it's important to have more books available that include a range of characters who aren't adequately, and accurately, represented in books, TV shows, and movies.

Now available as a paperback and as an eBook at Amazon.com:

Paperback and eBook for Kindle, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.