Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

Name: Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
Rating: 4.4285712242126465 (14 reviews)

Sonya Sones

Feb 2011 · Harper Collins

4.4

14 reviews

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About this ebook

It happens just like that, in the blink of an eye. An older sister has a mental breakdown and has to be hospitalized. A younger sister is left behind to cope with a family torn apart by grief and friends who turn their backs on her. But worst of all is the loss of her big sister, her confidante, her best friend, who has gone someplace no one can reach.

In the tradition of The Bell Jar, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and Lisa, Bright and Dark comes this haunting first book told in poems, and based on the true story of the author's life.

2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)

Ratings and reviews

4.4

14 reviews

A Google user

October 9, 2012

I love this book because I can relate. My sisters never went crazy but I have a sense that I know what it feels like. Another reason why I love this book is because I love reading poems.

A Google user

July 13, 2012

I love this book i re read it like 30 times

About the author

Sonya Sones has written seven novels in verse: The Opposite of Innocent, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy; What My Mother Doesn’t Know and its companion, What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know; One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies; To Be Perfectly Honest; and Saving Red. Sonya’s books have received many honors, but she was especially thrilled when she learned that she was on the American Library Association’s list of the Most Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century. She lives near the beach in California. You can visit her at www.sonyasones.com or write her at [email protected].

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