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When her older sister unexpectedly has a mental breakdown, a young girl deals with the consequences of a suddenly very different life, one without her best friend.

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The subtitle of Stop Pretending says it all: "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy". In a sequence of short, intense poems based on the author's own experiences, a 13-year-old girl suffers through her shifting feelings about her sibling's mental illness. She recalls the terror of the Christmas Eve when Sister was suddenly transformed into a stranger; the horror of visiting Sister in the hospital and finding her rocking on all fours; the fear that her friends will find out; her own worry that she, too, may lose her mind; and her wistful memories of Sister as she was before. More complex emotions are also explored, such as her irrational suspicion that Sister may be deliberately acting crazy, as poignantly expressed in the title poem: "Stop pretending. / Right this minute. / Don't you tell me / you don't know me./ Stop this crazy act/ and show me / that you haven't changed. / Stop pretending / you're deranged." Gradually, as Sister begins to recover, the girl is able to find hope and again take pleasure in her own life. Blank verse is perfect for a story with such heightened emotion, and is a format that has been used with great success in other fine novels for teenagers, notably the Newbery-award winning Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse, and Robert Cormier's boyhood memoir, Frenchtown Summer. (Ages 10 and older) --Patty Campbell
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"A distinctive, honest, illuminating and very necessary book." -- Lindsey Fraser, Guardian Education

"A tour de force" -- Michael Thorn, The Scotsman

"Sensitive, wonderfully written, this is a very special book." -- Paula Danziger

"Sones' autobiographical novel... is an extraordinarily moving account of how it feels when your family falls apart." -- Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

"This is a truthful and moving book. It will gain a devoted readership." -- David Almond

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0060283874
  • ISBN 13 9780060283872
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages128
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