Stop Pretending

Anna English Period 6 September 13, 2009 The title of the book I selected is Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones. I found out about this book in the 6th grade when my English teacher read it to the class. What I like about the book is the way the author wrote it because she makes everything look more realistic compared different books I've read. Another thing I like about this book is that the writing in the book is so powerful that you could really understand the perspective of the author's point of view. This is a book I could read over and over and not put down until it's finished. Plus this is a true storey based on what happened to Sonya Sones, which is cool because it would take a lot of courage to write a book like this. The book is about how the character's older sister went crazy and then slowly everything was coming apart in her life. She felt like she lost her sister who was her best friend and she thought nothing could take that from her. Slowly everything was worsening. Her family was tearing apart, and there is a feeling like you can go to no one for help or to have a normal conversation. This book is basically about how Sonya deals with life when it gets really hard and the feeling of the world being against you is very often being felt. My favorite quote was:"One day he/she was ……………… the next he/she was a stranger." I chose this quote because it relates to real life a lot. In the real world you always have to be careful of who you trust because people do change. Whether it's a back-stabbing friend or in this case (in the story) how her family changed after the mental breakdown. Then more people changed in her world. Sometimes when people change the situation can result into disaster. I would rate this book four out of five golden pens. I chose golden pens because the book is written in poems and it's a true story of what happened to the writer. The reason I didn't give the book 100% is because nothing is perfect and everything has its flaws. Even though this was an incredible book. This is a book that could be read over and over again because of the powerful text and how the book puts you in the perspective of Sonya Sones. I would recommend this book to an audience of 11 years and up because this book really shows things that can happen in life and it could freak out 5th graders and I don't think fourth graders would really understand a lot of things that are going on. This book should be read for three reasons: this book shows you how everything could change and your world could be hanging by a thread, there are many things to relate to in this book, once you start reading you don't wan to put it down. The book isn't very long but you can learn so much from just reading it. In conclusion this is a four out of fie golden pens book and I recommend this to an audience of 11+. I think everyone should really give it a chance to understand what I'm talking about.