A Trick of the Light deserves to stand on the same shelf as Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls. But the voice in his head can tell him exactly how to ‘master the chaos’ in this horror story wrapped in reality. “Mike’s world is beginning to spin out of control. Telling a story of a rarely recognized segment of eating disorder sufferersyoung menA Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger is a book for fans of the complex characters and emotional truths in Laurie Halse Andersons Wintergirls and Jay Ashers Thirteen Reasons Why.Mike Welles had everything under control. Writing with devastating power and precision, acclaimed author Lois Metzger gives us the story of one young man's battle with his own shadows-a spare, stark, and vital tale of the way in which the things we build to protect ourselves can threaten to destroy us. More than that: The voice can guide him to become better and stronger than he was before, to rid his life of everything holding him back. A friend, trying to help him regain control. He's losing his sense of direction, and he feels like a mess. Now things are rough at home, and they're getting confusing at school. He was a good student, an outfielder on the baseball team, a good son, a loyal friend. Mike Welles had everything under control.
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