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Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones (Hardcover, 2001)

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It happened to Sonya Sones. Her brilliant sequence of poems describes the night her 19-year-old sister suddenly turns into a screaming stranger and is taken away to a psychiatric hospital. She portrays a loving family torn apart by grief; the ordeal of hospital visits; the anxiety of a 13-year-old that her friends will reject her if they find out, or that this could happen to her too; and finally her acceptance that her life has been forever changed. This is a stunning book in the tradition of THE BELL JAR. It is the first by Sonya Sones, whose poems evoke an ordinary teenager's shattered world with powerful intensity. Deeply human and affecting, and very readable, this is an inspirational book that has already won many awards and accolades in the US, and speaks to adults just as much as teenagers. American reviews: 'A tour de force. Sones never wavers in the authenticity of her voice' Boston Globe 'This novel in verse shows the capacity of poetry to record the personal and translate it into the universal there are wonderful surprises' Booklist 'The form, a story-in-poems, fits the story remarkably well, spotlighting the musings of the 13-year-old narrator, and pinpointing the emotions powerfully To a budding genre this book is a welcome addition' Kirkus Review

Product Identifiers

PublisherHachette Children's Group

ISBN-139781842550465

eBay Product ID (ePID)95223810

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

Publication NameStop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaLanguage Study

AuthorSonya Sones

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height198 mm

Item Weight291 g

Item Width132 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorSonya Sones

GenreChildren & Young Adults