Friday, December 3, 2010

Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

Title: Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
Author: Sonya Sones
Image copied from www.amazon.com
Copyright: 1999

Sonya Sones found inspiration for this verse novel in the actual events that happened in her life around the age of thirteen when her older sister had a nervous breakdown on Christmas Eve.

Every member of Cookie's family is affected by her sister's mental illness. Cookie finds that her parents ignore her and are unwilling to talk about what has happened to their family. She is afraid to talk to her friends about what is happening because she is afraid of how they will react and what they will say about her and her family.

How do you deal with the emotions your feeling and the changes in your family when you are afraid to talk about it with most people and your family won't talk about it all?

Check out Sonya Sones' website to find out more about this title and other books by the author.

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