Stop Pretending

Reader reviewed by Diasy

I always thought poetry was hard. But my freshman year in high school I did excerpts from this book for Texas UIL:Prose and Poetry Interpretation. As I read it outloud I thought of how this author is so talented and how this book really really showed that the people affected the most are the family, not the victum. What made it even more difficult is that Sophie's life as a high school student is already crazy, so a crazy sister as home didn't help at all. This isn't at all the psycho movies about crazy people, but rather how a young girl misses her old family. However, while she was scared of the future (not her sister) she slowly comes to understand that bonding ,instead of ignoring her sister, will  definately balance her life just right.

Reader reviewed by Brianda

Sophie finds out that her older sister is crazy. Sophie doesn't want to tell her friends because she thinks that they won't want to talk to her anymore so she keeps her mouth shut. Later on her friends find out and the seem to be ok with it. Sophie's sister is in a hospital and Sophie goes visits her when she can. Sophie and her sister get along very good, and Sophie doesn't think anything is wrong with her sister. So is something wrong with her sister? Are the doctors wrong? Read "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy" and find out.

I liked how the author made it inot like a peom form and short. This book is good for mostly girls. I have read another book by Sonya Sones and liked it, too. Sonya Sones is my favorite author and I just adore her books.

Reader reviewed by safia

Cookie's older sister has a breakdown which lands her in the hospital. Cookie watches her whole family fall apart as they struggle to deal with her older sister's illness. She also finds out who her real friends are when she tells about her sister.

This book told in poems tells of Cookie's emotions as she tries to help her sister return to normal. I loved this book. It is so honest and raw. You know it's good if it brings you tears and smiles.