A Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Touches of sci-fi and mystery glamorize this complex and introspective story of a girl growing up and moving on.” - The Horn Book “Metzger’s novel tackles deep issues: how to cope with painful memories the futility of trying to be perfect. “An interesting, experimental near-future character study.” - Kirkus Reviews With a simplicity that belies its profundity, this title will linger long in readers’ minds.” - Booklist (starred review) “The austere, almost clinical nature of the story harks back to the Kazuo Ishiguro’s classic, Never Let Me Go. It captivated me from the first page to the last.” - Gail Carson Levine, author of Ella Enchanted ![]() “How I admire Lois Metzger’s thoughtful and suspenseful novel-the pacing, the sympathetic characters, the emotional astuteness, the believable near-future setting. Read this to see what I mean.” - Kim Stanley Robinson, Hugo Award-winning author of Aurora “Change Places with Me is a vivid, beautiful novel, a particular evocation of a story many of us have lived and all of us know. ![]()
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