I was determined to finish this book and not abandon it. It was a slow going book for me. I just couldn't connect to the characters or the story. It is a middle school angst story about a boy named Trent. He accidently hit a boy with a hockey puck on a lake and the boy died. He had a heart defect no one knew about. But Trent, of course, feels a lot of blame and shame. He feels like the world is against him. And it seems to be. His family has issues. His father and mother are divorced and he has to visit his father and his new wife along with his other siblings. The visits are not the most pleasant. Trent struggles to find a place in middle school and has a lot of anger building up. The title Lost in the Sun comes from baseball: when a fly ball gets lost in the sun, you have to remember to shift your position to find it. Trent has a lot of changing and shifting to work on.
Not a favorite of mine. However, many reviewers have loved it. You may have to read it and find out if this is your kind of book.
It is a Divison II book. There are some swear words in the book. It is for both boy and girl middle school students. It is a 4.5 reading level. I give it a 2 out of 4.
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