What My Mother Doesn't Know - Hardcover
Sophie Stein, fifteen, gets dumped, falls for a new boyfriend, outgrows him, searches for her Mr-Right-and-a-half and finds true love where she never thought to look.
Sonya Sones' dazzling accomplished poems build up to a narrative that has you on the edge of your seat: so funny, poignant, and easy to read that you just keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. For anyone who has ever experienced the joys and anxieties of teenage love, this book is irresistible.
'Even in the severe limitations that the modern young impose upon their language, Sonya Sones finds poetry - the poetry of First Things . . . Hers is a voice that the literature of the young has been waiting for' Richard Peck, 2000 Newbery Award winner
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"¿as delicious as a cream cake¿dashingly written in verse; funny, unabashed, full of comforting hyperbole" (Observer, 2 Jun 02)
"Sones' verse form produces some poetic moments where the fusion of form and content works extremely well." (Books for Keeps)
"...aromatherapy for the reading soul!" (School Librarian, Autumn 02)
"¿a very honest, heartfelt and open account of 15-year-old Sophie¿in her journey to find Mr Right." (Birmingham Post, 18 Jan 02)
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"Sones' verse form produces some poetic moments where the fusion of form and content works extremely well." (Books for Keeps)
"...aromatherapy for the reading soul!" (School Librarian, Autumn 02)
"¿a very honest, heartfelt and open account of 15-year-old Sophie¿in her journey to find Mr Right." (Birmingham Post, 18 Jan 02)
"People often talk about having an inner child, but I have an inner teenager. And like most teenagers, my inner teen is obsessed with sex. So she was very helpful when I was writing the poems for What My Mother Doesn't Know. One of the reasons it's so easy for me to get in touch with my inner teen, is that I've been keeping diaries and journals since I was old enough to be a cheerleader. And often, when I'm trying to remember what it was like in the bad old days, I leaf through them. And it's all there. Every miserable moment."
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- PublisherOrion Childrens
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1842550896
- ISBN 13 9781842550892
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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