Charger Arts & Entertainment

No more drama, please!

Chelsey Littrell, Charger Staff

What My Mother Doesn't Know is about Sophie, an almost 15 year old girl, who struggles through her first, second, and third love while still trying to get a good grasp on life. She struggles through odds and ends until one day, she meets Dylan. Dylan was her idea of a perfect boyfriend, until she meets Chaz. Dylan dumps her at a Halloween party. Later on in the story she meets yet another boy, Murphy. Concerned with how her friends will feel if they found out she likes a "class geek," she hides how she feels. "....but it wasn't like a physical attraction kind of thing. It was more like an I-feel-sorry-for-him kind of thing..."

Although this book had a few laughs, like the "lackonookie diease," that didn't make up for its lack of closure in its plot.The main character, Sophie, had shallow values that are not relevant to today's modern girl. Most modern girls, unlike Sophie, do not need a boy to survive.

Sonya Sones wrote in stanzas, a trite form, which didn't suit the story at all. It is a pre-adolescent book with poor, weak writing. This book, although a quick read, did not meet my expectations. I already have enough frivolous teenage drama in my life to spend my time reading about it.