What My Mother Doesn't Know

A novel in verse that says everything there is to say about teenage love.

Sophie Stein, fifteen, gets dumped, falls for a new boyfriend, outgrows him, searches for her Mr-Right-and-a-half and finds true love where she never thought to look.

Sonya Sones' dazzlingly accomplished poems build up to a narrative that has you on the edge of your seat: so funny, so poignant, and easy to read that you just keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. For anyone who has ever experienced the joys and anxieties of teenage love, this is an irresistible book.