"The Boy and the Lake is a poignant and haunting coming-of-age story ... a multifaceted, evocative and masterfully told tale." -Lynda Cohen Loigman, USA Today bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters "Pelzman excels at creating an intensely atmospheric setting and revealing how it shapes his characters' identities and worldviews ... The narrative is full of rich, descriptive language .....