Saturday, February 22, 2014

A Trick Of The Light




A Trick Of The Light by Lois Metzger 196 pages

Mike is hearing a voice in his head.  Even though Mike is a pretty good student and an athlete with a good friend who shares his interest in stop action movies, the voice has started telling him that he’s not good enough, that he is fat, and that he could be better and stronger.  Mike listens to that voice and starts eating less, exercising a lot more, and losing weight.  A lot of weight.  So much weight that the people in his life start to notice and may start to interfere.  A really awesome story about a boy with anorexia.  Because a lot of people believe that eating disorders are only a problem women and girls suffer from, this is a very compelling story that many teens would like

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