What My Mother Doesn't Know
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Meet Sophie. She sees herself as the too-tall "Mount Everest of teenage girls," who, along with her friends, often suffers from "lackonookie disease." She's dating smoky, sexy Dylan, covertly chatting online with "cybersoul"-mate Chaz, and secretly nursing a crush on sweet, geeky Murphy. Her two best friends are closer to her than sisters, and she "hates hating" her soap opera-addicted mom, wishing "she would show half as much interest in my life as she does in Luke and Laura's." In other words, Sophie is a typical teenage girl. What is not so typical is how author Sonia Sones records all of Sophie's thoughts in a freewheeling verse that is such a naked outpouring of inner longing, most readers will blush in embarrassed recognition of their own remembered or current teenage desires. Sones gently leads both the reader and Sophie towards an understanding of the difference between love and lust as Sophie slowly comes to realize that Dylan's outsides are no match for Murphy's insides. Autobiographical of Sones, perhaps? The author claims it isn't so, and she's probably right. With her frank manner, lusty thoughts, and hidden insecurities, Sophie reflects many teenage girls, past and present. No woman will be able to read this heartfelt verse novel and not find a bit of herself in Sophie's secret, sexy thoughts. Sones's decadent, almost shamefully delicious collection of angst poems is a loving and amazingly accurate tribute to adolescent girlhood. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert |
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Short, sweet, and funny
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What My Mother Doesn't Know is about a 15-year-old girl named Sophie, but Sapphire is what Dylan called her because of her sapphire eyes. While dealing with her overprotective mother who seems like she is more into her soap opera characters lives than her own daughter, she discovers and dumps her 1st and 2nd love. Murphy, the geek of the school, is whom she soon grows to love and like but she is scared to let out her true feelings for him to her friends and the whole school. "It's not that I'm boy crazy. It's just that even though I'm almost fifteen I've been having sort of a hard time trying to figure out the difference between love and lust. It's like my mind and my body and my heart just don't seem to be able to agree on anything."~
~Over the summer the two meet up for ice-skating, museums, lunch, and more. When school time rolls back around, she must decide if she can take the consequences of dating the nerd of the school or if she should try to get back with her old flame, Dylan. She soon learns to cope with what her peers and classmates think of Murphy and learns to love him for who he is on the inside and not the out.
The theme of the book is very strong. Sophie learns that you shouldn't judge people on who they are on the outside but who they are on the inside. It is a great book for young females. Even some female adults may enjoy it. Teenage girls can really relate to this book because we are going through the same things Sophie goes through in this book: Crushes, Friendships, Family, and School. The book is written in a free verse form so it is very forthright and personal. It reminds me of a diary form of writing, which helps me connect with her more since it's from her personal perspective.
My favorite part of What My Mother Doesn't Know is when she tells about how she meets her two best friends. They were just walking down the sidewalk in their neighborhood when they were little girls, a group of older girls surrounded them on their bikes and starts asking their religion. Her friends get mad because they were hanging out with Sophie who is Jewish and does not attend church. They kick one of the older girls in the shin and run to the house and don't stop until they know they're safe behind the big oak door. It tells it in great detail about how they met and became the best of friends.
This book is short, sweet, and funny. It shows what a teenage girl goes through in her lifetime. I would recommend this book to anyone. I can't wait to read other books by Sonya Sones.
-- Bethany Miniard |
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