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What My Mother Doesn't Know

What My Mother Doesn't Know

by SonyaSones (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $3.42
Synopsis

Sophie Stein, aged 13, falls in love, outgrows the boy, searches for her Mr Right-and-a-half and finds him where she least thought to look. So truthful, so touching, this sequence of poems shows Sonya Sones' remarkable gift of empathy for her characters and builds up to a narrative that has you on the edge of your seat. This is an irresistible book that simply says everything about first love and will have an enormously wide appeal. 'Even in the severe limitations that the modern young impose upon their language, Sonya Sones finds poetry - the poetry of First Things. In WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW, the poet sweeps lyrically through the door she opened in STOP PRETENDING. Hers is a voice that the literature of the young has been waiting for' Richard Peck, 2000 Newbery Award winner

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 16 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 1842552090
ISBN 13: 9781842552094
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: The new book from the author of 'Stop Pretending'. 'Sones' simple language and gently rolling sentences capture the tingling anticipation and dream-like state of being complete absorbed by love for someone. A one-sitting read.' The Bookseller 'It is as delicious as a cream-cake ... The book is dashingly written in verse; funny, unabashed, full of comforting hyperbole ... and buoyed up by a nice line in wry self-mockery.' Observer

Author Bio
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 in California.