The Sonya Sones Collection (Boxed Set): One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies; What My Mother Doesn't Know; What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

by Sonya Sones

Curl up with three favorite books from Sonya Sones in one boxed set!

Slip inside the minds and hearts of three teens, each with an utterly relatable perspective, with this trio of novels in verse from Sonya Sones.

In One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies , Ruby explores her developing relationship with her estranged movie star father. In What My Mother Doesn’t Know, Sophie struggles through the daily grind of being a freshman in high school—and the romantic crushes that come with it. And in What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know, Murphy has to deal with the consequences of getting everything he wanted.

896 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2013

About the author

SONYA SONES has written seven young adult novels in verse: Stop Pretending, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know, One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies, To Be Perfectly Honest, Saving Red, and The Opposite of Innocent.

Her books have received many awards, including a Christopher Award, the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry, the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize nomination and a Cuffie Award from Publisher’s Weekly for Best Book Title of the year. But the coolest honor she ever received was when her novel, What My Mother Doesn’t Know, landed her a spot on the American Library Association’s list of the Most Frequently Banned Authors of the 21st Century. (To find out why, see page 46.)

Sonya has also written a novel in verse for grownups—the Los Angeles Times bestseller The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus, a coming of middle-age story about learning to grow old disgracefully, which was optioned by Michelle Pfeiffer, and has contributed poems and short stories in verse to lots of anthologies.

Her books have been recognized by the American Library Association as Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Picks For Reluctant Young Readers, and have received a dozen state awards for Best Young Adult Book of the Year.

Reviews

[Louis Monem]

I thought that this book was very interesting and very nice to read. I think that each poem has its own meaning and each poem is very special. This book is about how a girls mother dies and she has to go live with her father who she doesn't know and he is the most famous man in Hollywood. When she leavers her boyfriend and her best friend she is very sad. When she see's her dad she is very mean to him and does not want to like him. She wants to show her that whatever he gives her it is not enough because he left her. Over time she starts to slowly learn to love her father. When she goes to her knew school she starts to meet actor's children and she thinks it is weird. Over time in the book she writes letter to her dead mom, and over time she starts to learn to love her father.

[Mikaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a very powerful book. Loved it!
I would definitely recommend it!

[Heather]

Beautiful poetry about the trials that teenage life brings.

[Taliyah West · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was great!