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Look in the mirror. What does it tell you?
Jean Sylvester finds herself at odds with the world, but when she moves house she feels more detached than ever from her uptight mother, distant father and attention-seeking sister. She doesn’t share their interest in the cold, cavernous home, nor her poky attic bedroom. But someone else does.
Leon Mason is a boy whose model looks have won him popularity, the prettiest girl in the class and a bright future; a boy who seems to have everything.
Jean discovers that Leon’s everything is dependent on one thing alone: a mirror. A seemingly ordinary-looking mirror that hangs in her bathroom. At a glance, it’s small and chipped with no apparent value; and it tells her what she already knows – she’s a plain, nothing-special, irritable, fourteen-year-old. So why does it mean so much to him?
On turning the mirror over she finds another looking glass. She sees why Leon wants it so badly: she sees happy families and re-found friendships, love and life. She sees a place where things could be different, better, brighter. If she looks even closer, she can already see herself there. It's all within reach.
But this reflection comes with a price.
Jean Sylvester finds herself at odds with the world, but when she moves house she feels more detached than ever from her uptight mother, distant father and attention-seeking sister. She doesn’t share their interest in the cold, cavernous home, nor her poky attic bedroom. But someone else does.
Leon Mason is a boy whose model looks have won him popularity, the prettiest girl in the class and a bright future; a boy who seems to have everything.
Jean discovers that Leon’s everything is dependent on one thing alone: a mirror. A seemingly ordinary-looking mirror that hangs in her bathroom. At a glance, it’s small and chipped with no apparent value; and it tells her what she already knows – she’s a plain, nothing-special, irritable, fourteen-year-old. So why does it mean so much to him?
On turning the mirror over she finds another looking glass. She sees why Leon wants it so badly: she sees happy families and re-found friendships, love and life. She sees a place where things could be different, better, brighter. If she looks even closer, she can already see herself there. It's all within reach.
But this reflection comes with a price.
