Stop Pretending- What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy- Sonya Sones
March 28, 2010
This book is fun in two ways. First, like Ellen Hopkins, the book is a collection of poems that tell the story of a girl with a “crazy” older sister. Secondly, instead of focusing on the elder sister, we get to see how otherwise “healthy” people are affected by mental illness.
It’s much shorter than an Ellen Hopkins book and would be an appropriate read for a student in middle school. There is no explicit language or material that can be found in a more mature problem novel. Sometimes it can be difficult to find a problem novel that is appropriate for those that are younger since many are geared to a 16+ crowd. However, this book meets the criteria of being interesting and perhaps pertinent to a younger student, while not exposing them to material that is too mature for them to read.
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