New Releases by Sonya Sones

Poignant and chilling by turns, The Opposite of Innocent is award-winning author Sonya Sones’s most gripping novel in verse yet. It’s the story of a girl named Lily, who’s been crushing on a man named Luke, a friend of her parents, ever since she can remember. Luke has been away for two endless years, but he’s finally returning today. Lily was only twelve when he left. But now, at fourteen, she feels transformed. She can’t wait to see how Luke will react when he sees the new her. And when her mother tells her that Luke will be staying with them for a while, in the bedroom right next to hers, her heart nearly stops. Having Luke back is better than Lily could have ever dreamed. His lingering looks set Lily on fire. Is she just imagining them? But then, when they’re alone, he kisses her. Then he kisses her again. Lily’s friends think anyone his age who wants to be with a fourteen-year-old must be really messed up. Maybe even dangerous. But Luke would never do anything to hurt her...would he? In this powerful tale of a terrifying leap into young adulthood, readers will accompany Lily on her harrowing journey from hopelessness to hope.

Sonya Sones, award-winning author of What My Mother Doesn’t Know, delivers a gripping, funny, and inspiring novel in verse about what happens when the person you set out to save ends up saving you. Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, just to get her school’s community service requirement out of the way. But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult—because Red refuses to talk about her past. There are things Molly won’t talk about either. Like the awful thing that happened last winter. She may never be ready to talk about that. Not to Red, or to Cristo, the soulful boy she meets while riding the Ferris wheel one afternoon. When Molly realizes that the friends who Red keeps mentioning are nothing more than voices inside Red’s head, she becomes even more concerned about her well-being. How will Molly keep her safe until she can figure out a way to get Red home? In Sonya Sones’s inspiring novel, two girls, with much more in common than they realize, give each other a new perspective on the meaning of family, friendship, and forgiveness.

Fifteen-year-old Colette is a compulsive liar spending a miserable summer in a remote California town, babysitting her seven-year-old brother while her famous mother shoots a movie. However, things look up for Colette when Connor enters the scene.

“Just the thing to tuck into a teen’s stocking (or maybe shower caddy).” --Publishers Weekly Sonya Sones, author of YA novel What My Mother Doesn''t Know, has written a nifty, witty take-off of The Night Before Christmas with her daughter Ava Tramer, a recent Harvard grad. This small-format jacketed hardcover takes a look back at all the stops on the route to college--touring campuses, prepping for SATs, writing the dreaded essay, getting the thumbs-up-or-down news, and finally, at long last, packing and setting off for the next chapter. A perfect gift for the college bound.

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.

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother''s grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.

“Funny, fresh, and heartbreakingly poignant, this book had me laughing and crying at the same time.” —Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries series and Insatiable “I read The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus and I saw the light and the mirror and fell under Sonya Sones’ spell.” — Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean “Wallpaper a room with the pages of The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus. It will be your favorite place. The room you come back to again and again, year after year.” —Ilene Beckerman, author of Love, Loss, and What I Wore Celebrated YA novelist Sonya Sones makes a HUGE splash with her first adult novel, The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus, spinning a funny, fierce, and piercingly honest coming-of-middle-age story about falling apart and putting yourself back together. Nora Ephron’s I Feel Bad About My Neck meets Elizabeth Berg—boldly original and endlessly enthralling—The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus is a luminous, brilliantly told story of life, marriage, and parenthood that you will not soon forget.

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. In the tradition of The Bell Jar, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and Lisa, Bright and Dark comes this haunting first book told in poems, and based on the true story of the author''s life. 2000 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) and 2000 Quick Picks for Young Adults (Recomm. Books for Reluctant Young Readers)

Presents three easy-to-read tales of best friends Violet the swan and Winston the duck.

Je m''appelle Robin. Ce livre est mon histoire. Il raconte ce qui s''est passé lorsque, après quinze années dans la peau d''un pauvre raté, la fille de mes rêves a fini par tomber amoureuse de moi. Vu d''ici, ça a l''air super, pas vrai ? Seulement voilà, c''est bien plus compliqué que ça.

Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for "loser, " and so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie her reputation plummets, but he finds acceptance as a student in a drawing class at Harvard.

Een 13-jarig meisje beschrijft in niet rijmende gedichten hoe het leven van het hele gezin opeens verandert als haar 19-jarige zus psychisch instort. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.