What My Mother Doesn't Know Sonya Sones Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (February 1, 2003)
ANNOTATION: This story is about 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 "cyber soul"-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.
JUSTIFICATION FOR NOMINATION: This is a book that lot teenagers could relate to; the author Sonia Sones records all of Sophie's thoughts in a freewheeling verse that is such a naked expression of inner longing. Most readers will turn red in embarrassed recognition of their own remembered or current teenage desires. This will take you back to your teenager days and remind you of what you went through. 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. It is about learning lesson through experience and finding you own meanings in life.
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