Lost In The Sun by Lisa Graff

Would you recommend this book? If so, who would you recommend it to, and why? If not, why not? I would recommend this book, Lost In The Sun, to anyone who likes a emotional story with interesting characters. This is the kind of book that grabs you and forces you to finish it. Lost In The Sun is about a boy named Trent, who is starting middle school. He is convinced that his entire town hates him because of a event that unfolded during the winter, when his badly shot puck hit Jared Richards, who had a heart defect, in the chest, killing him. Trent blames himself entirely, and can't realize that what happened that day on Cedar Lake could not have been his fault completely. Yes, he was the one who shot the puck, but he had been asked to join the game because his friend Noah had convinced another kid not to play. As Trent copes with this, in addition to starting middle school, he deals with his dad and stepmother, his mom, mean boys, lost friends, two brothers, and a eventual baby sister, he meets a mysterious girl named Fallon Little, who has a scar across her face, and who becomes Trent's best friend, and has a big secret. I really like the metaphor the author used, lost in the sun, because in reflects who Trent is. He and his mom love baseball, and one day, when they are watching, they see a player try and fail to catch a easy ball. Trent, frustrated, asks how that could have happened. His mom tells him, "It must have gotten lost in the sun." This metaphor is present throughout the entire story, as Trent learns that if the ball is lost in the sun, you can still catch it, even if you have to shift your position to do so. -Penelope