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Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

by Sonya Sones

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ISBN13: 9780064462181
ISBN10: 0064462188
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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)

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In the blink of an eye it happens: a teenage girl has a mental breakdown and is whisked away to the hospital. For her sister, left behind, nothing will ever be the same. Fearful of her own sanity, her fragile friendships, and her unraveling world, she embarks on a powerful emotional journey.

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As a teenager Sonya Sones spent hours pouring her private thoughts and feelings into journals.Her passion for writing, drawing, and photography led her to begin making animated films when she was seventeen.She studied filmmaking in college, and went on to teach animation, make films for public television, and edit movies in Hollywood.She lives with her husband and two children near the beach in California.Stop Pretending is her first book.
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oxlyssi424xo, November 28, 2007 (view all comments by oxlyssi424xo)
sonya sones has always been a favorite author of mine
but when i read this book it just made me love her even more
and the fact that this actually happened to her makes her all the more amazing
at thirteen her sister needs to be institutionalized and she remains strong and loving with her sister
she ignores what all her "friends" say about her.
and becomes even stronger by the end of the book
i deffinately reccomend reading this book!
it will make you laugh, cry, and want to hug your sister and never let go.
i know i did. =)
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o_l, April 24, 2007 (view all comments by o_l)
Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones is set in a mental hospital. The main characters sister stays in the white room with bars that cover the windows so there are no escapes. As her sister is transported to the hospital Cookie remains at her house with her mother and father. Those are the main characters of this thrilling book. Through this book cookie try’s to get through with the comments of people talking about her sister. Her mother on the other hand is said that she is going through depression. Her dad has just ignored the situation and is holding it very well. The plot of Stop Pretending is that cookie want to prove that her sister is not crazy and that she should be the one in the hospital and stays with that through out the book. She also wants her life to be like her friends and not like it is know. This all starts in the beginning of the story when cookies sister has a mental breakdown. It then leads for only one visit each day, which may not happen. Even though it’s a one-hour visit each day it brings the family closer and closer as it goes on. The writer is trying to tell us to be thankful for our health and for everything that we have even if it’s not a lot. This book was well written and has a good theme for all ages.
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heythere1111, August 2, 2006 (view all comments by heythere1111)
I really only made this account to comment on this book.

I loved this book, it caught my eye, just the cover. I found it in my school when I was sopposed to be looking for a book from the seventies, but when I came across it there was just something about it. So I took it.

I had been reading it, I finished it in about two days over the course of school when I had free time in classes. I feel in love with the first page, and I couldn't stop reading.

I love short poem books, or whatever they're called. I like to find the meaning in the poems on every page, pick out the metaphores, or similies.

Ever since I read this, I have been reading countless other books like it.

I just wanted to share with everyone how wonderful and life changing this book can be.

- Savannah, 14
Pacifica CA
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780064462181
Subtitle:
What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
Author:
Sones, Sonya
Author:
by Sonya Sones
Publisher:
HarperTeen
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Poetry - General
Subject:
Family - Siblings
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Poetry
Subject:
Mental Illness
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Family problems
Subject:
Family - Daily Life
Subject:
Social Science - Psychology
Subject:
Poetry : General
Subject:
Family
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Edition Description:
1st Harper Tempest ed.
Series Volume:
105-708
Publication Date:
February 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.66x4.46x.38 in. .20 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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