What My Mother Doesn't Know

Reader reviewed by Daisy

Every girl can relate. Rather it be the dressing room incident, "Sapphire", or just high school in general, it shows that girls aren't all vain and lemmings. Yet while at times, like say at a dance or during "a cotton pony" ride, it shows all girls feel the same Sones expresses it in a cute, charming, witty way.

Reader reviewed by Nicole

This book was fantastic! i loved this book. It was funny and witty. It is about a girl who is in love with these three guys and it is funny and i really recomend it for all teenage girls because it is a great book and you will love it. It is also a very short read too.

Reader reviewed by Yan

Written in a free verse format of poems, each chapter is a page that talks about Sophie's life and love. Every page is a new surprise that can be translated smoothly from one page to the next. This book is a delicate breath of fresh air that can be easily devoured in one sitting. And trust me-that one hour or so is do worth the time to read this book.

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.

Reader reviewed by Kaitlyn

My first ever in-verse novel and what a great one to start with. Never before have I read a book that hooked me like this one did. I got in trouble for reading it in class! I skipped lunch to read it! It shows that true love isn't aways what it's cracked up to be. And it shows that you can love more than once in a small amount of time. Sonya Sones is one of the best writers of our generation.

Reader reviewed by Cara

I absolutley LOVE this book.
I love it so much I read it twice in two days!
One of the things that I really like about it is that there were so many connections I could make with the poetry of the book. It really captures how a teenager would feel if they were in a situation like that. I love it so much. I read it and afterwards it's like "wow. that book is amazing" theres no real way to describe how good it is.
best
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Reader reviewed by sara

Another book about life and its many problems.i have to say though this one is actually pretty good.it tells the story of a girl named sophie and her encounters with a new love and then a second love when she becomes friends with the first instead.the only problem is the second is and internet love.read this book and find out how the second love works out.

Reader reviewed by two sided freek

This inspiring poetry type novel is quite different from the rest. Alot of this novel is based on her liking a boy, but what I enjoyed the most is her relationship with her mom and how they healed. I loved the fact that we expect to fall in love with someone "qualified" and when love smacks us in the face, we don't know what to do. I hate the fact that who we love can also be affected by our friends and family through their views such as racism, beauty, any prejudice. This book defeated that cause.

Reader reviewed by Lilian

I LOVED this book it is fun to read and is telling the story of a normal teenage girl. I sometimes feel that thats how my friends and i act. And its really fun to read funny yet weird things in a book.

Reader reviewed by iki

This is an amazing book that goes by too fast. The man character talks about her life and what she does that her mom doesnt know about. For example wearing the dress her mom wants her to then going to a frieds house and doing a quick change.

This book is a great book in poetry format any girl would love even if you cant relate to all of it.