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What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know (What My Mother Doesn't Know #2)
by
Sonya Sones
My name is Robin.
This book is about me.
It tells the story of what happens
when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom,
the girl of my dreams finally falls for me.
That seems like it would be
a good thing, right?
Only it turns out to be
a lot more complicated than that
Because I'm not gonna lie to you --
there are naked women involved.
Four of them, to be exact.
Though not in the...more
This book is about me.
It tells the story of what happens
when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom,
the girl of my dreams finally falls for me.
That seems like it would be
a good thing, right?
Only it turns out to be
a lot more complicated than that
Because I'm not gonna lie to you --
there are naked women involved.
Four of them, to be exact.
Though not in the...more
Hardcover, 291 pages
Published
June 5th 2007
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Let me start off saying this cover is so completely misleading. It looks like an adult kissing another adult. The women is wearing a fancy looking blouse, hair up in a bun, and the man has a beard. (not typical looking freshman if you ask me, I happen to be a freshman!) Which, the guy in the story has a beard, but it's red/orange, not brown. So all in all, the cover looks like two adults kissing. And NO, the story is not about that. Kissing, yeah it's involved, but that's not what this is about!...more
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Told from the point of view of Robin, this book was every bit as engaging as its predecessor, "What My Mother Doesn't Know." Like 'Mother,' I read this book in one night because I did not want to put it down until I found out what happened.
It's both funny and terribly sad at times, and perfectly captures how difficult adolescence is. Even though Robin and Sophie were happy in their own 'outlaw' world, the reader acutely felt Robin's pain as the outcast of his school. It was a happy moment when h...more
It's both funny and terribly sad at times, and perfectly captures how difficult adolescence is. Even though Robin and Sophie were happy in their own 'outlaw' world, the reader acutely felt Robin's pain as the outcast of his school. It was a happy moment when h...more
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You wont find alot of books like this. What i realy like about this book is that it is from a guys point of view. It is very intresting to read feelings that I've had but never knew how to put it in words. If i remember correctly, the guy in this does something very bad. Like "Stop Pretending" this book is also a collection of poems, COOL!
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Okay, we're back with Sophie and Robin. I admit that I had to re-read What My Mother Doesn't Know and I don't regret it for a single moment. This book is from Robin's point of view and written in the same short poem style and with as much poignancy, maybe even more since you see how tortured it was to be Robin and how cruel high school can be. I think that almost everyone in high school had their own 'Murphy' to remember. I asked my husband and it took him less than a minute to remember his. I w...more
What my girlfriend doesn't know by Sonya Sones left me thoughtful because the story had no end! but besides that this book is the best book in the world. i cried[seriously:] and laughed my butt off. the climax of this book is great, though i never figured when the climax of the book ended because it had climax almost throughout the whole story! i love how this author writes she is my all time favorite. But i wonder why she didn't put an end to the story? I read this book in one sit. In those two...more
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Feb 27, 2009
Nancy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
young and blossoming teenagers!
Shelves:
11th-grade
Have you ever think that getting your heart's desire isn't always easy? Robin Murphy in What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones learns that it really isn't easy through struggling and now the fact that he’s actually dating pretty, popular Sophie Stein. This touching, truly enjoyable and fast-paced read tale deals with the fulls and riches in life-ups and downs, misunderstandings, certainties and doubts, of first love, compounded by high school bullying and social cruelty. Followed by the...more
I read this book immediately after finishing "What My Mother Doesn't Know" and again, didn't stop until I had finished. Sonya Sones has again captured the emotion and angst of being a teenager in high school - and an outcast, at that.
This book is written from Robin's perspective, and we see his relationship with Sophie (and others) evolve. But we also see Sophie's relationships with her friends deteriorate, as they dump her because of her ties to Robin.
High school can suck. But hang on! Hopefull...more
This book is written from Robin's perspective, and we see his relationship with Sophie (and others) evolve. But we also see Sophie's relationships with her friends deteriorate, as they dump her because of her ties to Robin.
High school can suck. But hang on! Hopefull...more
May 03, 2013
Liza Wiemer
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Free verse poetry novels YA (and those who love it) will gobble up!
What My Mother Doesn't Know and What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
Read book one and two right after the other!!
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know is the second book by Sonya Sones about a boy named Robin Murphy and a girl named Sophie Stein. Sophie is popular. Robin is the school loser. They both are talented artists. In book one, Sophie connects with Robin and the two of them come together, form a deep relationship over winter break....more
What My Mother Doesn't Know and What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
Read book one and two right after the other!!
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know is the second book by Sonya Sones about a boy named Robin Murphy and a girl named Sophie Stein. Sophie is popular. Robin is the school loser. They both are talented artists. In book one, Sophie connects with Robin and the two of them come together, form a deep relationship over winter break....more
I felt like this book kind of ruined the sweet ending that What My Mother Doesn't Know had. It was like "happily ever after until reality smacks you in the face". If you liked the first one, its worth checking this one out but the first one is definitely better.
The writing in this book is nice, I liked these poems and the book was interesting enough and often funny, though not as much as the first in the series. She handled a male narrator pretty well but I just didn't like his personality.
In th...more
The writing in this book is nice, I liked these poems and the book was interesting enough and often funny, though not as much as the first in the series. She handled a male narrator pretty well but I just didn't like his personality.
In th...more
Sep 05, 2012
Claire Ho
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This book is basically a guy point of view for "What My Mother Doesn't Know" It's in the voice of Murphy or Robin. The nerdy geeky new guy of Sophie's. Sophie basically dumped the "hottie" for him. Murphy is so lovestruck. He doesn't understand how someone like Sophie could be with him. He is in a dream. Its actually interesting to see a guys point of view though. But in a sense it sort of gets me mad because it seems like all guys are the same. Murphy while being with his girlfriend he's thinki...more
I really liked how this book was written. It is a poetry book describing the life of Robin, a teenage boy who's life get turned around when the girl of his dreams falls for him. Sophie sacrifices her popularity in order to date Robin. Her friends stop talking to her, and in the halls people give the couple dirty looks. Nonetheless Robin and Sophie cope and enjoy each others company. Robin is an amazing artist and is asked to join a class at Harvard. There he develops feelings for other girls. He...more
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Robin Murphy… you would think it is just another name of the millions in the world, but you’re wrong. It’s the name of a geek, a nobody, and somebody who has forever been a loner. He’s that guy that everybody makes fun of and picks on, but that all changes the one day she comes into his life.
Sophie Stein… the girl that every other girl wants to be. She’s beautiful, popular, has all the guys, and is super smart. However, her family isn’t the best. Her mom and dad are constant...more
Robin Murphy… you would think it is just another name of the millions in the world, but you’re wrong. It’s the name of a geek, a nobody, and somebody who has forever been a loner. He’s that guy that everybody makes fun of and picks on, but that all changes the one day she comes into his life.
Sophie Stein… the girl that every other girl wants to be. She’s beautiful, popular, has all the guys, and is super smart. However, her family isn’t the best. Her mom and dad are constant...more
This book is better than Sophie's POV book. This is actually a nice reversal, usually the books I read have main guy being the hottest guy in school, the most handsome the main girl has ever laid her eyes on or the most perfect guy. In this book, the guy is the beast while the girl is only someone he could dream of, one of the most popular girls. Of course, life is no fairy tale. Just because Beauty finally admitted her feelings for the Beast, doesn't mean they live happily ever after. Things ge...more
This isn't something I would normally pick up at the bookstore. Even with my new interest
in young-adult fiction, I tend to avoid anything with even the slightest connotation of being
a love story. However, I ended up enjoying this more than I thought. I wanted to give 3.5 stars,
however, but I rounded up.
PROS:
X Realistic version of being bullied.*
X Realistic duel-enrollment.**
X Story told in Verse; Flowed nicely, was easy to read both out loud and silently.
X Main character was easy to sympathize w...more
in young-adult fiction, I tend to avoid anything with even the slightest connotation of being
a love story. However, I ended up enjoying this more than I thought. I wanted to give 3.5 stars,
however, but I rounded up.
PROS:
X Realistic version of being bullied.*
X Realistic duel-enrollment.**
X Story told in Verse; Flowed nicely, was easy to read both out loud and silently.
X Main character was easy to sympathize w...more
I've read this book many times. Its about this girl named Sophie is one of the most popular girls. She's beautiful, all the boys want her, including Murphy. And Murphy (Robin) is one of the nerds, the kids no one likes, one of the kids you'd always bully on. Eventually, him and Sophie end up dating. But you'd think everything would change once they began dating, right? Wrong. Everyone tags up on Sophie for dating Murphy, calling her crazy. Her best friend even betrays her, saying she doesn't eve...more
Dec 15, 2010
Autumn
is currently reading it
What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know
This guy Murphy likes this girl Sophie. But she never new he excised, but one day she starts talking to him and before he knows it there dating. And she doesn’t care who knows. Because most people HATE Murphy and use his name as an insult. So when Sophie’s friends see her and Murphy together they can’t believe what there seeing. So they confront her about it, so she tells them that she likes him and nobody can change that. When finally everyone is talking about he...more
This guy Murphy likes this girl Sophie. But she never new he excised, but one day she starts talking to him and before he knows it there dating. And she doesn’t care who knows. Because most people HATE Murphy and use his name as an insult. So when Sophie’s friends see her and Murphy together they can’t believe what there seeing. So they confront her about it, so she tells them that she likes him and nobody can change that. When finally everyone is talking about he...more
I think the theme of this book is acceptance. Robin is the loser at his school. He's on the bottom of the pyramid. The kids at his school even use his last name as an insult. No one wanted to be called a "Murphy". But towards the end of this book he realizes that if he accepts himself than slowly others around him will respect you too. If you think about it all the "popular" kids in like movies for example are confident, so if he stays confident and stays strong through alll the bullying he and...more
Reading Response:
The book I just finished is called “what my girlfriend doesn’t know” by Sonya Sones. It’s about a guy named Robin who cheats on a girl named Sophie while she is away with her friend. I like this book because it is written poetry like with stanzas and titles. Each story like poem thing has a theme based on the title. Like one would be about succeeding and the other would be about love. Like when Robin the boy gets into this art class, or when Sophie and Robin are alone.
Althoug...more
The book I just finished is called “what my girlfriend doesn’t know” by Sonya Sones. It’s about a guy named Robin who cheats on a girl named Sophie while she is away with her friend. I like this book because it is written poetry like with stanzas and titles. Each story like poem thing has a theme based on the title. Like one would be about succeeding and the other would be about love. Like when Robin the boy gets into this art class, or when Sophie and Robin are alone.
Althoug...more
PLOT SUMMARY
Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy’s days just recently started looking up. Usually considered a “loser” by his high school peers, Robin’s love life has become a surprise to his classmates when he starts dating Sophie, one of the most popular girls in the school. In this novel written in verse, author Sonya Sones shares the story of Sophie and Robin who have so much in common, yet are worlds apart. Robin is amazed by how much Sophie and he have in common and just how right their relation...more
Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy’s days just recently started looking up. Usually considered a “loser” by his high school peers, Robin’s love life has become a surprise to his classmates when he starts dating Sophie, one of the most popular girls in the school. In this novel written in verse, author Sonya Sones shares the story of Sophie and Robin who have so much in common, yet are worlds apart. Robin is amazed by how much Sophie and he have in common and just how right their relation...more
I really really really loved this book!! I knew I was going to love it when I picked it out, and I did! Sonya Sones is amazing and I've read one of her other books-"One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies", and that was brilliant as well.
I love how she doesn't use the power of her poetry to make there be less words on the page, but she uses it to get you feel more for the characters. Her books are one of the few books that I read that I really feel for the characters, as if I'm them, a...more
I love how she doesn't use the power of her poetry to make there be less words on the page, but she uses it to get you feel more for the characters. Her books are one of the few books that I read that I really feel for the characters, as if I'm them, a...more
I really enjoyed this book because it has to do with high school life which i am in now :) This book is about a "non popular" boy who every body picks on getting together with the most popular girl in the school. Every body is disgusted and dislikes them but at the end every body realizes it's cool how they went against every body with out caring what they thought because they were in love, but the guy doesn't know if he wants to stay with her...Yeah i know sounds kind of cheesy right? But it ac...more
Sep 01, 2009
Christine
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
summer-ir-reports-09
Robin Murphy's luck has started to change. Ever the school-loser, 'Murphy' is finally getting to see the brighter side of life. Sophie, beautiful and popular though she is, has become his girlfriend over the winter break. He's had two glorious weeks of being by her side. And it looks like the magic may just continue because on their first day back at school...she chooses him over her friends in the crowded cafeteria.
I can connect to this book with a text to world connection because I believe eve...more
I can connect to this book with a text to world connection because I believe eve...more
What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know is a boy named Robin Murphy and he explores the physical and emotional roller-coaster of first love. Robin is trying to deal with getting picked on , and making his girlfriend, Sophie, go through it with him. Ever since they started dating, Sophie’s friends never hung out with her anymore, Robin started to get picked on even more and Robin just couldn’t stand hurting Sophie anymore. Robin was enrolled in night art classes at Harvard, he starts to loose himself and...more
Jul 24, 2009
Sherry
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
adults - maybe teens (with caution)
I finished in a day. This bit of intoxicating read is from Robin's view point. It starts at the exact moment "what my mother doesn't know" ends - but now we are in Robin's head instead of Sophie's. He is bracing himself for the big dump - their first day back at high school after they became a "couple" over Christmas break. One wouldn't normally expect that consequence, but you do if you have been labelled as the school loser, since the fourth grade.
Heartbreaking, tender, fun, at times startling...more
Heartbreaking, tender, fun, at times startling...more
Robin Murphy is an outsider and everyone always makes fun of him. He still gets made fun of even when he is dating the most popular girl in school, Sophie Stein. Now that he is going out with Sophie, she also becomes an outcast. Her friends tell her to choose between them or Robin, and since they are in love with each other, she chooses him. Since they are both outcasts, they get made fun of, and bullied. But when Robin’s art teacher asks Robin to take this art class at a college nearby, he beco...more
Oct 11, 2010
Erica - Bonner Springs Library
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
teens, poetry fans, teens who love to write poetry
Recommended to Erica - by:
Summer Reading manual 2009
A novel written in verse. Robin finally has a girlfriend. He's determined not to screw it up and not to screw up her life either. Things get complicated, especially when he starts attending art classes at Harvard while he's still in high school.
I completely didn't noticed it being written in verse about 20 pages into it. The story flows so naturally and makes for a really quick read.
There are the awkward moments between Robin and his girlfriend and a certain amount of conflict that makes this...more
I completely didn't noticed it being written in verse about 20 pages into it. The story flows so naturally and makes for a really quick read.
There are the awkward moments between Robin and his girlfriend and a certain amount of conflict that makes this...more
Through this novel, Robin Murphy is a highschooler that is taking an art class at Harvard University. The novel takes place right after its prequel " What my mother doesn't know", were he begans to date Sophie a girl in his class that didn't even know he existed before there winter break. Robin Murphy is a typical high school student, he is ignored by all his peers except the ones that he hangs out with, which is noone. When he begans taking his drawing class at Harvard, he fails to tell his new...more
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know picks up where What My Mother Doesn't Know left off. Only this time we get a male POV from Robin Murphy (aka Murphy). Robin is an outcast and loser at school. When he starts dating Sophie her social status drops and her 2 best friends turn their backs on her. Robin and Sophie try to tough things out together, but Robin can clearly see how hard things are for Sophie. When Robin gets invited to audit a college art course his life outside of high school brightens up....more
This book is a sequel to "What my mother doesn't know" and is written in verse. It about Sophie's boyfriend, Robin (Murphy). Sophie is the girl of Robin's dreams, popular in school but after a school break, Sophie is just as unpopular as Robin, She is dumped by her so-called best friends and even though Sophie stands by Robin, being 14 years old and in a relationship is anything but easy. Soon Robin beings taking art classes at Harvard and is accepted by college kids that find him anything but u...more
I really enjoyed this book! The fact that it's a 'book in verse' makes it feel like the book is going by faster. Unlike a lot of Sonya Sones' books, or any other books, you get to finally see through a boy's eyes. It's really different seeing how a teenage boy, in this case Robin Murphy, approaches a relationship.
WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW is all about how everybody at school hates the fact that somebody extremely popular, Sophie Stein, is now dating a total and complete loser, Robin Murph...more
WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW is all about how everybody at school hates the fact that somebody extremely popular, Sophie Stein, is now dating a total and complete loser, Robin Murph...more
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I was born in Boston and overprotected in the nearby suburb of Newton. I thought I would be an artist when I grew up. I loved sneaking upstairs to a tiny room in our attic, where I could while away the hours drawing pictures of dinosaurs. The summer I turned seventeen, I fell in love with making animated films (not to mention at least a couple of boys). Soon after, I enrolled in Hampshire College...more
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