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Reader reviewed by Melissa

What My Mother Doesnt Know, by Sonya Sones, sounds like a pretty suspicious title, but trust me, there really is not anything inappropriate except a kiss or two, but you see that in the halls, so no big deal. Written by Sonya Sones and in nothing but odd poems about a girl named Sophies first, second, and eventually leading up to an unexpected third and strong love, Murphy. This was a book that I easily read in one sitting, no problems, even as we drove in the car, I could not put it down for a minute or even a second.

This book has an innovative style, not just the poems, but how strange Sophie is makes her seem almost completely normal (even her self-consciousness toward her being tall), it really helps you breeze through the story and even see why she acts like she does.

Sophie eventually finds that she can not stop thinking of a not-exactly handsome boy, and his loneliness, and for some reason, kissing him.
Just the plain sweetness of Murphy, despite the fact he is completely silent in class, despite the fact that his name has become a description for being a goof and a nerd, that people do not even call him by his first name, that Sophie will not even tell her own friends or mother that he is more than a friend; he is still willing to throw a smile a persons way out of the kindness of his heart.

I, and certainly you, cant help but get involved with the story.