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Iuniverse Summer Job by P. C. Cross
Virgil, A Fifteen Year Old Loner, Fears He Will Become A Psychopath If He Relinquishes Control Of His Mind To His Cantankerous, Troublesome, And Vexatious Other-Self. Although He Has Coped To A Better Extent Since His Junior High Days, His Other-Self Remains A Relentless Voice In His Head-Threatening To Takeover His Mind-Perhaps To The Point Of Him Ending Up In Prison Some Day. Just When It Seems There Is No Escape From Solitary Confinement With His Other-Self, Virgil Seizes The Opportunity To Go Off On A Farm Job Over Summer Vacation. During Those Eight Weeks He Is Forced Into Friendships In The Course Of Solving Two Mysteries-The First, With The Recluse Gun Toting Hermit Brother Of Virgil'S Employer, To Uncover Three Murders Precipitating A Suicide-The Second, With A Feisty Teenage Girl Who Brooks No Nonsense-Showing She Is Equally Adept With Butcher Knife Or Shotgun, In The Overriding Mysterious Disappearance Of Virgil'S Co-Worker, But Are Powerless To See Justice Done. By Summer'S End, Virgil Has Learned How To Hold Sway Over His Other-Self While Taking Advantage Of The Second-Think Ability It Was Put There For To Begin With; And Also-That Having Meaningful Relationships With Others Beats Being A Loner.