false 170529 19 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) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 164669 1 2 2001 What My Mother Doesn't Know total:1915|5:579|4:659|3:472|2:159|1:46| 1915 7311 2875 382 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 6 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 10 09:50:30 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 05:16:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 4 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:14:32 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 19:46:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 21:03:25 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 21:18:31 -0800 2008
It's about a girl (a high school freshman) figuring out who she is and what's really important to her. Thinking about how...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 1 false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 10:03:33 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 17:11:02 -0800 2009 this book is the funniest book i have ever read...itz about this girl named sophie but poeple give her a whole mess of nicknames for her that sHe caNt kEep traCk...she tells about her krazy life where she lifes with her family...she tells about crazy things that only true best frien...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 2 true Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 14 07:45:36 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:09:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 1 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:12:30 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:30:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 1 false Sat Jan 17 14:13:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:14:48 -0800 2009 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 0 false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:07:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:30:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6125548 0756942683 9780756942687 15 6 3.82 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6125548.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 18:33:44 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 21:02:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 0 false Sun Nov 01 15:53:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:18:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6719543 1441803963 9781441803962 1 1 3.82 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6719543-what-my-mother-doesn-t-know 2 1 false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:06:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:09:57 -0700 2009
How do I feel about this story? Hmmmm… let me find the right word… I got it!! BBBBLLLLEEEEHHH!!! Okay, was it meant to be annoying? Mind you I did the audio, so maybe the narrator k!lled it for me, but luckily I give most audios about 2 CDs before I decide to continue or tos...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 4 1 false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:59:53 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 10:29:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:38:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:40:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 18:50:41 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 11:02:21 -0700 2009 1
"What My Mother Doesn't Know" was not as bad ...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 3 1 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 12:11:02 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:33:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 4 1 false Wed Nov 12 19:23:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 19:25:42 -0800 2008
This was really good. It was a little ham-handed at times, but there were some points that Sones got exactly right. I laughed out loud more than a couple times, and let out more ...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 08 10:39:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:17:39 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 1005703 0689841140 9780689841149 53 15 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180155720m/1005703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1005703.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 4 0 false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 12:29:47 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 08:55:13 -0700 2009
"What My Mother Doesn't Know" is a novel composed of a series of poems about a life of Sophie, a 15-year old boy-...more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 4 0 true Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 20:42:49 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:34:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 170529 0689855532 9780689855535 1785 345 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172378497m/170529.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170529.What_My_Mother_Doesn_t_Know 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 14:18:45 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 16:40:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6966557