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    <![CDATA[Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>It happens just like that, in the blink of an eye. An older sister has a mental breakdown and has to be hospitalized. A younger sister is left behind to cope with a family torn apart by grief and friends who turn their backs on her. But worst of all is the loss of her big sister, her confidante, her best friend, who has gone someplace no one can reach.</p><p>In the tradition of <em>The Bell Jar, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,</em> and <em> Lisa, Bright and Dark</em> comes this haunting first book told in poems, and based on the true story of the author's life. </p><p>2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)</p>]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a verse novel about a twelve-year-old girl whose older sister has a breakdown.  It's based on Sonya Sones's actual experience when her sister had a breakdown.  It made me cry a lot.  Mental illness is an important issue to me, and reading about it always kinda pokes me in a vulnerable spot a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60531216">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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