Larger	Stop Pretending Author: Sonya Sones
	Book Information Publisher: Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 1 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9781842550755 - ISBN-10: 1842550756 Publication Date: 3/21/2002 Pages: 160 Reading Level: Young Adult

It happened to Sonya Sones. Her brilliant sequence of poems describes the night her 19-year-old sister suddenly turns into a screaming stranger and is taken away to a psychiatric hospital. She portrays a loving family torn apart by grief; the ordeal of hospital visits; the anxiety of a 13-year-old that her friends will reject her if they find out, or that this could happen to her too; and finally her acceptance that her life has been forever changed.

This stunning book evokes an ordinary teenager's shattered world with powerful intensity. Deeply human and affecting, and very readable, this is an inspirational book that has already won many awards and accolades in the US, and speaks to adults just as much as teenagers.